The gothic, postcolonialism and otherness : ghosts from elsewhere /

The gothic, postcolonialism and otherness : ghosts from elsewhere /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khair, Tabish
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English > History and criticism.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Racism in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I, Introducion. The gothic, postcolonialism and otherness
  • Pt. II, The gothic and otherness. Ghosts from the colonies ; The Devil and the racial other ; Heathcliff as terrorist ; Smoke and darkness : the heart of Conrad ; Emotions and the gothic
  • Pt. III, Postcolonialism and otherness. Can the other speak? ; Negotiating Vodou : some Caribbean narratives of otherness ; Can the 'other half' be told? Brodber's Myal ; The option of magical realism ; Narration, literary language and the post/colonial.