By Bibhash Choudhury

This e-book is a necessary advent to major texts in postcolonial idea. It seems at seminal works within the ‘moments in their making’ and delineates different threads that bind postcolonial stories. each one bankruptcy provides a accomplished dialogue of a massive textual content and contextualises it within the wake of up to date topics and debates. The volume:




  • Studies significant texts by means of superior students — Edward W. Said, Chinua Achebe, Albert Memmi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul Carter, Homi Bhabha, Frantz Fanon, Ashis Nandy, Robert J. C. Young, Ngugi wa Thiongo, and Sara Suleri





  • Shifts concentration from colonial adventure to underlying ideas of severe engagement





  • Uses available, jargon-free language



Focused, attractive and seriously insightful, this ebook should be necessary to scholars and students of literary and cultural experiences, comparative literature, and postcolonial studies.

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