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Postcolonial Romance
Negotiations of Modernity in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh and Kamila Shamsie
narr/francke/attempto
ISBN 978-3-381-15111-0
Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Softcover
2026
Umfang: 260 S.
Verlag: narr/francke/attempto
ISBN: 978-3-381-15111-0
Weiterführende bibliografische Daten
Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Mannheimer Beiträge zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft; 89
Produktbeschreibung
At first glance, postcolonialism and romance seem worlds apart: the former associated with political critique and activism, the latter with idealisation and escapism. In discussing selected novels of Amitav Ghosh and Kamila Shamsie, this study unsettles this assumption. Through reading both authors' texts against the backdrop of the 19th- and early 20th- century historical and imperial romance, it shows how contemporary fiction employs romance conventions to critically engage with history. Far from being apolitical, romance in the novels of Ghosh and Shamsie becomes a tool for rethinking modernity and for envisioning alternative futures disentangled from the colonial past.
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Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG
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72070 Tübingen, DE
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