Ashcroft, Bill,

The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures / Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin. - 2nd ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. - x, 283 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-269) and index.

Introduction -- 1. Cutting the ground : critical models of post-colonial literatures -- 2. Re-placing language : textual strategies in post-colonial writing -- 3. Re-placing the text : the liberation of post-colonial writing -- 4. Theory at the crossroads : indigenous theory and post-colonial reading -- 5. Re-placing theory : post-colonial writing and literacy theory -- 6. Re-thinking the post-colonial : post-colonialism in the twenty first century.

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Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.
Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.
Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.

808.83 / ASH/E