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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 From New National to World Literature: Essays and Reviews
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'From New National to World English Literature offers a personal perspective on the evolution of a major cultural movement that began with decolonization, continued with the assertion of African, West Indian, Commonwealth, and other literatures, and has evolved through postcolonial to world or international English literature. Bruce King, one of the pioneers in the study of the new national literatures and still an active literary critic, discusses the personalities, writers, issues, and contexts of what he considers the most important change in culture since modernism. In this selection of forty-five essays and reviews, King discusses issues such as the emergence and aesthetics of African literature, the question of the existence of a "Nigerian literature", the place of the new universities in decolonizing culture, the contrasting models of American and Irish literatures, and the changing nature of exile and diasporas. He emphasizes themes such as traditionalism versus modernism, the dangers of cultural assertion, and the relationships between nationalism and internationalism. Special attention is given to Nigerian, West Indian, Australian, Indian, and Pakistani literature.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Stuttgart,
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Ibidem Press , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A.D. Hope and Australian Poetry, Bruce King , single work criticism (p. 235-258)
Randolph Stow's Novels of Exile, Bruce King , single work criticism (p. 259-274)
Frank Moorhouse, Grand Days, Bruce King , single work criticism (p. 275-278)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Stuttgart,
      c
      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Ibidem Press ,
      2016 .
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      Extent: (ix, 632 pp.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 30, 2016

      ISBN: 9783838208763

Works about this Work

[Review] From New National to World Literatures : Essays and Reviews Daniel Bedggood , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing , vol. 54 no. 3 2018; (p. 435-436)

— Review of From New National to World Literature: Essays and Reviews 2016 anthology criticism

'In this extensive and thought-provoking collection, Bruce King clearly establishes the scope of coverage signalled in his title. His introduction outlines the collection’s trajectory as an historical mapping of the discipline: the use of “many names [to describe] a developing body of literature is itself significant”, suggesting that these essays and reviews “can be read as a story about how a major area of literary study has developed and the political and cultural changes it represents” (3). The writings in this volume constitute a considerable achievement over many decades of work, mapping the shifts in disciplinary coverage matched by these shifts in labels, and they are diverse in their function as reviews, essays and direct textual analyses. While this material is not “new”, it nonetheless offers a fresh look at “how newness enters the world” (Bhabha 1994, 212). (Introduction)

[Review] From New National to World Literatures : Essays and Reviews Daniel Bedggood , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing , vol. 54 no. 3 2018; (p. 435-436)

— Review of From New National to World Literature: Essays and Reviews 2016 anthology criticism

'In this extensive and thought-provoking collection, Bruce King clearly establishes the scope of coverage signalled in his title. His introduction outlines the collection’s trajectory as an historical mapping of the discipline: the use of “many names [to describe] a developing body of literature is itself significant”, suggesting that these essays and reviews “can be read as a story about how a major area of literary study has developed and the political and cultural changes it represents” (3). The writings in this volume constitute a considerable achievement over many decades of work, mapping the shifts in disciplinary coverage matched by these shifts in labels, and they are diverse in their function as reviews, essays and direct textual analyses. While this material is not “new”, it nonetheless offers a fresh look at “how newness enters the world” (Bhabha 1994, 212). (Introduction)

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