The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness: Ghosts from Elsewhere (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230234062)

Starting with a re-examination of the role of the colonial/racial Other in mainstream Gothic (colonial) fiction, this book goes on to engage with the problem of narrating the 'subaltern' in the post-colonial context. It engages with the problems of representing 'difference' in lucid conceptual terms, with much attention to primary texts, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of colonial discourses as well as postcolonialist attempts to 'write back.' While providing rich readings of Conrad, Kipling, Melville, Emily Brontë, Erna Brodber, Jean Rhys and others, it offers new perspectives on Otherness, difference and identity, re-examines the role of emotions in literature, and suggests productive ways of engaging with contemporary global and postcolonial issues.

Author: T. Khair
ISBN-10: 0230234062
ISBN-13: 9780230234062
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2009
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d