Zinato, Susanna.

Ex-centric Writing : Essays on Madness in Postcolonial Fiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (208 pages) - Pierides . - Pierides .

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CONTRIBUTORS.

The concern with identity and belonging, with place/dis-placement is a major feature of postcolonial literature and the theme of alienation cannot but be "topical" in the literatures of the countries that have experienced the cultural shock and bereavement, and the physical and psychic trauma of colonial invasion. The purpose of this volume is to qualify the difference one is faced with when a postcolonial ex-centric text is addressed, by collecting essays concerned with writers from Southern.

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Commonwealth fiction (English) -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
Commonwealth fiction (English) -- Themes, motives -- Congresses.
Mental illness in literature -- Congresses.


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PR9084 -- .E934 2013eb

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