Empire and the Gothic

Empire and the Gothic
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9781403919342
ISBN-13 : 1403919348
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Book Synopsis Empire and the Gothic by : A. Smith

Download or read book Empire and the Gothic written by A. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-12-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative volume considers the relationship between the Gothic and theories of Post-Colonialism. Contributors explore how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Arunhati Roy and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala use the Gothic for postcolonial ends. Post-Colonial theory is applied to earlier Gothic narratives in order to re-examine the ostensibly colonialist writings of William Beckford, Charlotte Dacre, H. Rider Haggard and Bram Stoker. Contributors include Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, David Punter and Neil Cornwell.


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