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Commonwealth of letters : British literary culture and the emergence of postcolonial aesthetics, Peter J. Kalliney
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- Summary
- Commonwealth of Letters examines midcentury literary institutions integral to modernism and postcolonial writing. Several organizations central to interwar modernism, such as the BBC, influential publishers, and university English departments, became important sites in the emergence of postcolonial literature after the war. How did some of modernism's leading figures of the 1930s-such as T.S. Eliot, Louis MacNeice, and Stephen Spender-come to admire late colonial and early postcolonial literature in the 1950s? Similarly, why did late colonial and early postcolonial writers-including Chinua Achebe, Kamau Brathwaite, Claude McKay, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o-actively seek alliances with metropolitan intellectuals? Peter Kalliney's original and extensive archival work on modernist cultural institutions demonstrates that this disparate group of intellectuals had strong professional incentives to treat one another more as fellow literary professionals, and less as political or cultural antagonists. Surprisingly, metropolitan intellectuals and their late colonial counterparts leaned heavily on modernist theories of aesthetic autonomy to facilitate their collaborative ventures. For white, metropolitan writers, T.S. Eliot's notion of impersonality could help recruit new audiences and conspirators from colonized regions of the world. For black, colonial writers, aesthetic autonomy could be used to imagine a literary sphere uniquely resistant to the forms of racial prejudice endemic to the colonial system. This strategic collaboration did not last forever, but as Commonwealth of Letters shows, it left a lasting imprint on the ultimate disposition of modernism and the evolution of postcolonial literature
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 316 pages
- Contents
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- Modernist networks and late colonial intellectuals
- Race and modernist anthologies: Nancy Cunard, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Ezra Pound
- For continuity: FR Leavis, Kamau Brathwaite, and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
- Metropolitan modernism and its West Indian interlocutors
- Developing fictions: Amos Tutuola at Faber and Faber
- Metropolitan publisher as postcolonial clearinghouse: the African writers series
- Jean Rhys: Left Bank modernist as postcolonial intellectual
- Isbn
- 9780199977970
- Label
- Commonwealth of letters : British literary culture and the emergence of postcolonial aesthetics
- Title
- Commonwealth of letters
- Title remainder
- British literary culture and the emergence of postcolonial aesthetics
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter J. Kalliney
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Commonwealth of Letters examines midcentury literary institutions integral to modernism and postcolonial writing. Several organizations central to interwar modernism, such as the BBC, influential publishers, and university English departments, became important sites in the emergence of postcolonial literature after the war. How did some of modernism's leading figures of the 1930s-such as T.S. Eliot, Louis MacNeice, and Stephen Spender-come to admire late colonial and early postcolonial literature in the 1950s? Similarly, why did late colonial and early postcolonial writers-including Chinua Achebe, Kamau Brathwaite, Claude McKay, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o-actively seek alliances with metropolitan intellectuals? Peter Kalliney's original and extensive archival work on modernist cultural institutions demonstrates that this disparate group of intellectuals had strong professional incentives to treat one another more as fellow literary professionals, and less as political or cultural antagonists. Surprisingly, metropolitan intellectuals and their late colonial counterparts leaned heavily on modernist theories of aesthetic autonomy to facilitate their collaborative ventures. For white, metropolitan writers, T.S. Eliot's notion of impersonality could help recruit new audiences and conspirators from colonized regions of the world. For black, colonial writers, aesthetic autonomy could be used to imagine a literary sphere uniquely resistant to the forms of racial prejudice endemic to the colonial system. This strategic collaboration did not last forever, but as Commonwealth of Letters shows, it left a lasting imprint on the ultimate disposition of modernism and the evolution of postcolonial literature
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kalliney, Peter J.
- Dewey number
- 809/.93358
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN56.P555
- LC item number
- K35 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Modernist literature & culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Postcolonialism in literature
- Modernism (Literature)
- Commonwealth literature (English)
- Literature
- Label
- Commonwealth of letters : British literary culture and the emergence of postcolonial aesthetics, Peter J. Kalliney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- Contents
- Modernist networks and late colonial intellectuals -- Race and modernist anthologies: Nancy Cunard, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Ezra Pound -- For continuity: FR Leavis, Kamau Brathwaite, and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- Metropolitan modernism and its West Indian interlocutors -- Developing fictions: Amos Tutuola at Faber and Faber -- Metropolitan publisher as postcolonial clearinghouse: the African writers series -- Jean Rhys: Left Bank modernist as postcolonial intellectual
- Control code
- 828054384
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199977970
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2012050992
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)828054384
- Label
- Commonwealth of letters : British literary culture and the emergence of postcolonial aesthetics, Peter J. Kalliney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Modernist networks and late colonial intellectuals -- Race and modernist anthologies: Nancy Cunard, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Ezra Pound -- For continuity: FR Leavis, Kamau Brathwaite, and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- Metropolitan modernism and its West Indian interlocutors -- Developing fictions: Amos Tutuola at Faber and Faber -- Metropolitan publisher as postcolonial clearinghouse: the African writers series -- Jean Rhys: Left Bank modernist as postcolonial intellectual
- Control code
- 828054384
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199977970
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2012050992
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)828054384
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