Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 0791459454
ISBN-13 : 9780791459454
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Download or read book Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning written by Sam Durrant and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-cultural analysis of the work of Coetzee, Harris and Morrison, demonstrating that the fundamental task of postcolonial narrative is the work of mourning.


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