Maps of empire : a topography of world literature

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Label

Maps of empire : a topography of world literature

Title remainder

a topography of world literature

Statement of responsibility

Kyle Wanberg

Creator

• Wanberg, Kyle, 1980-

Author

• Wanberg, Kyle, 1980-

Subject

• Cartography in literature
• Colonization in literature
• Colonization in literature
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Imperialism in literature
• Imperialism in literature
• Literature, Modern
• Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• 1900-1999
• Cartography in literature

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• "During the political and historical upheavals of the mid-20th century, writers from colonized and occupied spaces questioned the necessity and ethics of their histories. Uncertainties about how to represent shifting spaces were reflected in the work of scholars and audiences reading works written by colonized peoples. As empire "wrote back" to the self-ordained centers of the world, modes of representation underwent a transformation. Exploring novels and diverse forms of literature from regions in West Africa, the Middle East, and Indigenous America, 'Maps of Empire' examines how writers struggle with unstable boundaries generated by colonial projects and their dissolution, creating alternative topographies."--
• "This book examines how literary forms were affected by the decay and break up of old models of imperial administration during the middle of the 20th century."--

Member of

• Cultural spaces

Additional physical form

Issued also in electronic format.

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

NLC

Dewey number

809/.04

Index

index present

LC call number

PN770.5

LC item number

.W36 2020

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cultural spaces