The Postcolonial Short Story: Contemporary Essays

Awadalla, Maggie; March-Russell, Paul

This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today – the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies – it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-10-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230313385

DOI: 10.1057/9781137292087

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 227