Poetics and Politics of Shame in Postcolonial Literature

by David Attwell

Book Overview

Poetics and Politics of Shame in Postcolonial Literature provides a new and wide-ranging appraisal of shame in colonial and postcolonial literature in English. Bringing together young and established voices in postcolonial studies, these essays tackle shame and racism, shame and agency, shame and ethical recognition, the problem of shamelessness, the shame of willed forgetfulness. Linked by a common thread of reflections on shame and literary writing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032241187
• ISBN13: 9781032241180
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"