The Mythology of Imperialism: A Revolutionary Critique of British Literature and Society in the Modern Age Contributor(s): Robbins, Bruce (Preface by), Raskin, Jonah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583671870 ISBN-13: 9781583671870 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $78.21 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 820.935 |
LCCN: 2009019760 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.25 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: We, the readers and students of literature, have been hijacked. The literary critics, our teachers, those assassins of culture, have put us up against the wall and held us captive. So begins Jonah Raskin's The Mythology of Imperialism. When first published in 1971, this book was nothing short of a call to arms, an open revolt against the literary establishment. In his critique of five well-known British writers--Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, and Joyce Cary--Raskin not only developed the model for a revolutionary anti-imperialist criticism, but, through this book's influence on Edward Said, helped usher in the field of postcolonial studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Robbins, Bruce: - Bruce Robbins is Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the editor of Cosmopolites and the author of Perpetual War: Cosmopolitanism from the Viewpoint of Inequality. Raskin, Jonah: - Jonah Raskin teaches First Amendment law and journalism at Sonoma State University in Northern California. He is the author of The Radical Jack London and Out of the Whale, as well as biographies of Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg. |