The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness: Ghosts from Elsewhere

Khair, T.

Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, and suggests productive ways of engaging with contemporary global and postcolonial issues.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-11-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230234062

DOI: 10.1057/9780230251045

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 198