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New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing is a collection of critical and creative writing in honour of the postcolonial critic, editor and anthologist Bruce King. There are essays on topics relating to Caribbean authors (Derek Walcott, Simone and Andre Schwarz-Bart); diaspora writers in England (Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy, Michael Ondaatje), South East Asian writing in English (Arun Kolatkar, recent Pakistani fiction, Anita Desai) and New Zealand, Canadian and Pacific writers (Albert Wendt, Patricia Grace, Bill Manhire, Joseph Boyden, Greg O’Brien).
The creative writing section features new work by David Dabydeen, Fred D’Aguiar, Arvind Mehrotra, Jeet Thayil, Meena Alexander, Keki Daruwalla, Adil Jussawalla, Tabish Khair, Susan Visvanathan and others, reflecting King’s pioneering work on Indian poetry in English, and his many friendships.
The creative writing section features new work by David Dabydeen, Fred D’Aguiar, Arvind Mehrotra, Jeet Thayil, Meena Alexander, Keki Daruwalla, Adil Jussawalla, Tabish Khair, Susan Visvanathan and others, reflecting King’s pioneering work on Indian poetry in English, and his many friendships.
Price: $183.00
Pages: 296
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Cross/Cultures
Publication Date:
08 September 2016
ISBN: 9789004326415
Format: Hardcover
JANET WILSON is Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Northampton. She has published widely on New Zealand and Australian literature, including diaspora writers Katherine Mansfield, Fleur Adcock and Dan Davin. She coedits Journal of Postcolonial Writing.
CHRIS RINGROSE is Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. He has written on postcolonial authors like Ben Okri and Kazuo Ishiguro, is co-editor of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, and a translator, prize winning poet and short story writer.
CHRIS RINGROSE is Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. He has written on postcolonial authors like Ben Okri and Kazuo Ishiguro, is co-editor of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, and a translator, prize winning poet and short story writer.