Postcolonial Literatures

by Parama Sarkar

This book provides an introduction to postcolonial literatures by uncovering their historical, political, cultural and linguistic contexts. It tracks the growth of British mercantile/colonial expansion and consolidation not only through the era of high imperialism, rapid colonisation and the mid-twentieth-century collapse of the empire, but also through the nascent neocolonialism and globalising forces of the twenty-first century. Sarkar reads literature both related to British imperialism and written in opposition to it, produced at both the metropolitan centre and in the colonies.

337 pages, Kindle Edition

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[As3 Na70 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an absolutely insightful work! I appreciate the writer’s comprehensive take on the history of postcolonial literature by focusing the site on India in particular and Asia in general. It was brave of the writer as well to bring up Africa to attempt a comparative analysis within postcolonial lens. I enjoyed the final part the most, since I am also interested in the take of globalization as a neocolonialism.