Colonial and Postcolonial Literature

Praised as an indispensable, uniquely inclusive study of the field, Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the definitive, founding introduction to the exciting growth area of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. It combines a broad-ranging, contextualising narrative situating key developments in imperial and postcolonial history, with theoretically astute close readings of key texts that illuminate important concepts and definitions, including 'writing back' and 'mimicry'. This revised edition includes a new chapter surveying postcolonialism in the twenty-first century and a fully annotated bibliography.