Empire and poetic voice

Description

"In Empire and Poetic Voice Patrick Colm Hogan draws on a broad and detailed knowledge of Indian, African, and European literary cultures to explore the way colonized writers respond to the subtle and contradictory pressures of both metropolitan and indigenous traditions. He examines the work of two influential theorists of identity, Judith Butler and Homi Bhabha, and presents a revised evaluation of the important Nigerian critics, Chinweizu, Jemie, and Madubuike. In the process, he presents a novel theory of literary identity based equally on recent work in cognitive science and culture studies. This theory argues that literary and cultural traditions, like languages, are entirely personal and only appear to be a matter of groups due to our assertions of categorical identity, which are ultimately both false and dangerous."--Jacket.

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Series Statement

• SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies

Other Editions

• Empire and Poetic Voice: Cognitive and Cultural Studies of Literary Tradition and Colonialism (Suny Series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies)HardcoverState University of New York Press2003-12-01
• Empire and poetic voiceState University of New York Press2004