Spaces of fiction, fictions of space : postcolonial place and literary DeiXis / Russell West-Pavlov
- Author:
- West-Pavlov, Russell, 1964-
- Published:
- Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Physical Description:
- x, 250 pages ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- Deixix and I -- From Deictics to DeiXis -- Narrative space -- Anadiplosis -- Spatial amnesia -- Imperial deixis -- Self-reflexive deixis and the aporias of the nation -- Critiques of national narratives -- DeiXis and loss -- DeiXis rediscovered.
- Summary:
- "Reading a wide range of well known postcolonial writers along with more recent authors, Spaces of Fiction / Fictions of Space implements a new theory of literary spatial marking derived from the linguistic theory of deixis, and made accessible via an analysis of Becketts 'semi-colonial' play Waiting for Godot"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780230237766 (hardback)
0230237762 (hardback) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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