Robert Ross

Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English

An Anthology
Herausgeber: Ross, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English-An Anthology draws from this great common wealth of writing, offering thirty-five selections by major writers. The work included reflects both indigenous and settler cultures, and it extends from the nineteenth century to the contemporary era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780815333203
• ISBN-10: 081533320X
• Artikelnr.: 22236526

Autorenporträt

Robert L. Ross

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Colonial Encounters
Chapter 1 The Magistrate, J. M. Coetzee
Chapter 2 The Coming of the Christ-Child, Bessie Head
Chapter 3 The Sacrificial Egg, Chinua Achebe
Chapter 4 From The Matriarch, Witi Ihimaera
Chapter 5 The Woman at the Store, Katherine Mansfield
Chapter 6 The Drover's Wife, Henry Lawson
Chapter 7 A Boer Wedding, Olive Schreiner
Chapter 8 A Matter of Taste, Alex La Guma
Chapter 9 The Gold Watch, Mulk Raj Anand
Chapter 10 A Letter from Home, Doris Lessing
Chapter 11 The Charlottetown Banquet, Robertson Davies
Chapter 12 A Drink in the Passage, Alan Paton
Part 2 Postcolonial Encounters
Chapter 13 "Do You Love Me?", Peter Carey
Chapter 14 The Testimony of Kîhaahu wa Gatheeca, Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Chapter 15 The Perfume Sea, Margaret Laurence
Chapter 16 Chloe of the Dancing Bears, Thea Astley
Chapter 17 An Experience of India, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Chapter 18 A Horse and Two Goats, R. K. Narayan
Chapter 19 The Hills, Patricia Grace
Chapter 20 From The Famished Road, Ben Okri
Chapter 21 Ranna's Story, Bapsi Sidhwa
Chapter 22 Prelude: An Inheritance, V. S. Naipaul
Part 3 Immigrant Encounters
Chapter 23 Swimming Lessons, Rohinton Mistry
Chapter 24 Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chapter 25 Buried Lives, Bharati Mukherjee
Chapter 26 The Ministry's Visiting Day, Buchi Emecheta
Chapter 27 Joebell and America, Earl Lovelace
Chapter 28 My Son the Fanatic, Hanif Kureishi
Chapter 29 The Angel Azraeel, Salman Rushdie
Part 4 Personal Encounters
Chapter 30 Down at the Dump, Patrick White
Chapter 31 The Sun in Winter, David Malouf
Chapter 32 Scarlet Ibis, Margaret Atwood
Chapter 33 Pigeons at Daybreak, Anita Desai
Chapter 34 The Triumph of Poetry, Janet Frame
Chapter 35 Some are Born to Sweet Delight, Nadine Gordimer