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- catalog abstract ""In Zones of Instability, Imre Szeman examines the complex relationship between literature and politics by exploring the production of nationalist literature in the former British empire. Taking as his case studies the regions of the British Caribbean, Nigeria, and Canada, Szeman analyzes the work of authors for whom the idea of the "nation" and literature are inexorably entwined, such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, C.L.R. James, Frantz Fanon, and V.S. Naipaul. Szeman focuses on literature created in the two decades after World War II, decades in which the future prospects for many newly independent former colonies went from extreme political optimism to often bitter political disappointment. He argues that "nation" can be read as that space in which literature is thought to be able to reunite two things that history has separated - the writer and the people."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Literature, postcolonialism, and the nation".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13106343.
- catalog coverage "Canada In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Caribbean Area In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Commonwealth countries In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Nigeria In literature.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In Zones of Instability, Imre Szeman examines the complex relationship between literature and politics by exploring the production of nationalist literature in the former British empire. Taking as his case studies the regions of the British Caribbean, Nigeria, and Canada, Szeman analyzes the work of authors for whom the idea of the "nation" and literature are inexorably entwined, such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, C.L.R. James, Frantz Fanon, and V.S. Naipaul. Szeman focuses on literature created in the two decades after World War II, decades in which the future prospects for many newly independent former colonies went from extreme political optimism to often bitter political disappointment. He argues that "nation" can be read as that space in which literature is thought to be able to reunite two things that history has separated - the writer and the people."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-235) and index.".
- catalog description "The politics of postcolonial nationalist literature -- The nation as problem and possibility -- Caribbean space : Lamming, Naipaul, and federation -- The novel after the nation : Nigeria after Biafra -- The persistence of the nation : literature and criticism in Canada -- National culture and globalization.".
- catalog extent "xii, 245 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Zones of instability.".
- catalog identifier "0801868033 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Zones of instability.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Zones of instability.".
- catalog spatial "Canada In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Caribbean Area In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Commonwealth countries In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Commonwealth countries".
- catalog spatial "Commonwealth countries.".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria In literature.".
- catalog subject "820.9/9171241 21".
- catalog subject "Commonwealth literature (English) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Decolonization in literature.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism and literature Commonwealth countries History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR9080 .S97 2003".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism Commonwealth countries.".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The politics of postcolonial nationalist literature -- The nation as problem and possibility -- Caribbean space : Lamming, Naipaul, and federation -- The novel after the nation : Nigeria after Biafra -- The persistence of the nation : literature and criticism in Canada -- National culture and globalization.".
- catalog title "Literature, postcolonialism, and the nation".
- catalog title "Zones of instability : literature, postcolonialism, and the nation / Imre Szeman.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".