Gillian Whitlock, Postcolonial Life Narratives: Testimonial Transactions

This recent delivery in the “Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures” series edited by Elleke Boehmer constitutes an insightful delving into the narrative agencies of colonial and postcolonial texts at large. It does so by scrutinizing a limited but revelatory range of cases from the late 18th c...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces,
Autor principal: Wallart, Kerry-Jane
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2021
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:This recent delivery in the “Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures” series edited by Elleke Boehmer constitutes an insightful delving into the narrative agencies of colonial and postcolonial texts at large. It does so by scrutinizing a limited but revelatory range of cases from the late 18th century to nowadays; while it does not fully overlook the second 19th century the present monograph recognizes the effects of the long 18th-century sentimentality in contemporary concerns about Huma...