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- y Antipodes vol. 1 no. 2 November 1987 Z595525 1987 periodical issue 1987 pg. 75-78
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From New National to World Literature: Essays and Reviews
Bruce King
(editor),
Stuttgart
:
Ibidem Press
,
2016
14356142
2016
anthology
criticism
'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)
Stuttgart : Ibidem Press , 2016 pg. 259-274
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y
From New National to World Literature: Essays and Reviews
Bruce King
(editor),
Stuttgart
:
Ibidem Press
,
2016
14356142
2016
anthology
criticism
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- The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea 1965 single work novel
- The Suburbs of Hell : A Novel 1984 single work novel
- To the Islands 1958 single work novel
- Tourmaline 1963 single work novel
- Visitants 1979 single work novel
- The Girl Green as Elderflower 1980 single work novel