| Empire and the Gothic: The Politics of Genre 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Smith, A. (Editor), Hughes, W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349430579 ISBN-13: 9781349430574 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 823.087 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This innovative volume considers the relationship between the Gothic and theories of Post-Colonialism. Contributors explore how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Arunhati Roy and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala use the Gothic for postcolonial ends. Post-Colonial theory is applied to earlier Gothic narratives in order to re-examine the ostensibly colonialist writings of William Beckford, Charlotte Dacre, H. Rider Haggard and Bram Stoker. Contributors include Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, David Punter and Neil Cornwell. |