Beschreibung
assesses the potential for postcolonial analysis of works by W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge and James Joyce. In this exploration of postcolonial parallels between these writers, the author focuses on four core issues: Historiography, Nationalism, Language and Displacement.
Autorenportrait
Rachael Sumner studied English and European Literatures at the University of Essex (UK) and Twentieth Century British and American Literature at the University of York (UK). She received her doctorate from the University of Opole (Poland) and lectures on British and American culture. She has published several articles on postcolonial theory and Irish literature.
Inhalt
Contents: Postcolonial theories – W. B. Yeats – J. M. Synge – James Joyce – Historiography – Nationalism – Language – Displacement – Coloniser and Colonised – Postcolonial Parallels.
