Book: Post-colonial language & literature

[Scott McGinnis]

> From Routledge (http://www.routledge.com)
> 
> 
> Ismail S. Talib, National University of Singapore,
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> THE LANGUAGE OF POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES: An Introduction
> 
> "This is the most comprehensive introduction to post-colonial language
> use to date. A wide-ranging survey of the issues and conflicts
> involved in this very contested field makes this book a very useful
> resource for students and general readers."  -Bill Ashcroft,
> University of New South Wales, Australia
> 
> Drawing on a range of writers, including Jean Rhys, Derek Walcott,
> Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Nuruddin Farah,
> The Language of Postcolonial Literatures provides a comprehensive
> introduction to some of the central features of language in a wide
> variety of postcolonial texts. Ismail S. Talib illustrates how English
> has been shaped by and had to contend with other languages in former
> British colonies. Exploring literatures from a range of countries
> including India, Nigeria, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
> and the Caribbean, he shows how individuals retain their cultural and
> national identity in the face of such changes. Language is the primary
> concern in postcolonial literature, and postcolonial literature is
> achieving canonical status, so this book is essential for all world
> literature scholars and sociolinguists.
> 
> March 2002: 176 pp
> HB: 0415240182: $75.00 £50.00
> PB: 0415240190: $23.95 £15.99
> 
> Acknowledgments
> 1. English in (Post-)Colonial Contexts
> 2. Anti-Colonialism in Scottish, Welsh and Irish Literatures
> 3. Anglo-Saxon Transplantations
> 4. Orality, Writing and What English Brings
> 5. Using English in Postcolonial Literatures: A Review of
> Criticism
> 6. Decolonisation and the Survival of English
> 7. Style, Language(s), Politics and Acceptability
> 8. How's the Mixture?-English, Dialects, and Other Languages
> Concluding Summary
> Bibliography
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