Postcolonial London : rewriting the metropolis

Postcolonial London : rewriting the metropolis / John McLeod.

This superb study explores the imaginative transformation of the city by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McLeod, John, 1969-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:	1900-1999 English literature > England > London > History and criticism. Authors, Commonwealth > Homes and haunts > England > London. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Commonwealth literature (English) > History and criticism. Authors, English > Homes and haunts > England > London. Postcolonialism > England > London. Postcolonialism in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Authors, English > Homes and haunts Commonwealth literature (English) English literature Intellectual life Literature Postcolonialism Postcolonialism in literature Postkoloniale Literatur Metropolen. Beeldvorming. Letterkunde. Immigranten. Littérature anglaise > 1945- ... > Histoire et critique. Écrivains > Résidences et lieux familiers > Grande-Bretagne > Londres (GB) Littérature anglophone > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Postcolonialisme > Dans la littérature. London (England) > Intellectual life > 20th century. London (England) > In literature. England > London Londres (GB) > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle. Londres (GB) > Dans la littérature. Englisch. London <Motiv> Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Making a song and dance : Sam Selvon and Colin MacInnes
London, England : V.S. Naipaul, Doris Lessing, and Janet Frame
Living room : Buchi Emecheta, Joan Riley, and Grace Nichols
Babylon's burning : Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hanif Kureishi, and Salman Rushdie
Millennial currents : David Dabydeen, Fred D'Aguiar, and Bernardine Evaristo
Coda : 'no fenky-fenky road'.