Empire Writes Back Theory and Practice in Post Colonial Literature

The Experience of Colonization and the Challenges of a Post-Colonial World Have Produced an Explosion of New Writing in English. This Diverse and Powerful Body of Literature Has Established a Specific Practice of Post-Colonial Writing in Cultures As Various As India, Australia, the West Indies and Canada, and Has Challenged Both the Traditional Canon and Dominant Ideas of Literature and Culture the Authors Open Up Debates About the Interrelationships of Post-Colonial Literatures, Investigate the Powerful Forces Acting on Language in the Post-Colonial Text, and Show How These Texts Constitute a Radical Critique of Eurocentric Notions of Literature and Language. This Book Seeks to Be Incisive in Its Analysis, and Also Accessible for Readers New to the Field. It Now Has an Additional Chapter and an Updated Bibliography.