Postcolonial epic, the: from melville to walcott and ghosh
Auteur :
Roy, Sneharika
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367890438
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book demonstrates the epic genre’s enduring relevance to the Global South. It identifies a contemporary avatar of classical epic, the ‘postcolonial epic’, ushered in by Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, a foundational text of North America, and exemplified by Derek Walcott’s Caribbean masterpiece Omeros and Amitav Ghosh’s South Asi