Colonial Literature and the Native Author : Indigeneity and Empire.

Colonial Literature and the Native Author : Indigeneity and Empire.

This book is the first study of writers who are both Victorian and Indigenous, who have been educated in and write in terms of Victorian literary conventions, but whose Indigenous affiliation is part of their literary personae and subject matter. What happens when the colonised, Indigenous, or '...

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Main Author: Stafford, Jane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Colonial Literature and the Native Author; Acknowledgements; A Note on Terminology; Contents; 1 Introduction: 'I Adopt the Language of the Poet'; Notes; 2 Littleness, Frivolity and Vedic Simplicity: Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu and Mr Gosse; Notes; 3 'Constant Reading after Office Hours': Sol Plaatje and Literary Belonging; Notes; 4 'The Genuine Stamp of Truth and Nature': Voicing The History of Mary Prince; Notes; 5 Culture's Artificial Note: E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake, and her Audiences; Notes; 6 'Pressed Down by the Great Words of Others': Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke and Apirana Ngata.
  • Notes7 Conclusion: Secret Fountains and Authentic Utterance; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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