{"product_id":"postcolonial-criticism-nicholas-harrison-9780745621821","title":"Postcolonial Criticism: History, Theory and the Work of Fiction","description":"In the field of postcolonial studies, the full richness and complexity of the connections between literature, history and ideology are often overlooked by critics hurrying to stake out their political positions. As a result, many arguments are built on unjustified assumptions about the sort of work that literature -- and criticism -- can and cannot do. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this important and timely book, Harrison sheds new light on what is actually at issue in postcolonial criticism. Focusing on a series of major works, from Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Djebar's autobiography, via Camus's The Outsider and Fanon's polemics, the book draws on and elucidates a wide range of theoretical and critical work. To students unfamiliar with postcolonial criticism it offers a way into the field via key issues and specific examples rather than abstract theoretical summary, while for those already working in the area it raises crucial questions about the very basis of postcolonial critical practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Postcolonial Criticism is a major intervention in the field of postcolonial studies which re-examines critical suppositions about reading and representation, and which calls into question established notions about the relations between literature and colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745621821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745621821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.04w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 1291","brand":"Nicholas Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059618902271,"sku":"9780745621821","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_120d51ca-1d51-4f25-bf7a-05f8c6e15b37.jpg?v=1685059320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postcolonial-criticism-nicholas-harrison-9780745621821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}