Kyle Wanberg

Maps of Empire

A Topography of World Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Maps of Empire examines how literature was affected by the decay and break up of old models of imperial administration in the mid-twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781487506841
• ISBN-10: 1487506848
• Artikelnr.: 59081280

Autorenporträt

Kyle Wanberg is a clinical associate professor in Global Liberal Studies at New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Cartography and the Space of World Literature 1. A Portmanteau of the Nation in Im
l Hab
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’s The Pessoptimist  2. The Literary Space of Authority in Camara Laye’s Le Regard du Roi 3. Imperial Palimpsest or Exquisite Corpse: Yambo Ouologuem’s Le Devoir de violence 4. Disorientation and Horror in Sadeq Hedayat’s The Blind Owl 5. Orality and the Space of Translation in the Pima Ant Songs Afterword: Decolonizing Literary Space       Bibliography