Postcolonial Criticism

by Bart J. Moore-Gilbert, Gareth Stanton (Editor), William Maley (Editor)

Postcolonial theory is a relatively new area in critical contemporary studies, having its foundations in the study of colonial discourse, neo-colonialism and Commonwealth literature. This reader contains 13 essays focusing on colonial discourse, covering such topics as the decolonization of African literature; literary studies and British rule in India; literature of modern Europe; language of class; and the ideologies of immigration.

Genres: Nonfiction

301 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Bart Jason Moore-Gilbert was Professor of Postcolonial Studies and English at Goldsmiths, University of London. He was the author of Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices and Politics, Kipling and “Orientalism”, and editor of Literature and Imperialism, Cultural Revolution? The Challenge of the Arts in the 1960s, The Arts in the 1970s: Cultural Closure?, Writing India: British Representations of India 1857-1990 and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader.