New National and Post-colonial Literatures - An Introduction (Paperback, New Ed)

New National and Post-colonial Literatures provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of colonial, post-colonial and new national literatures, and related criticism, which will prove invaluable for beginners and specialists alike. The essays range from discussion of colonial literatures through nationalism to the internationalization of literature, multiculturalism, writing by post-colonial women, and analysis of the literature of the native peoples of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The collection also centres upon the problems of categorizing literatures, and their politicization, and recognizes that in a time of massive migration, rapid international communication, and increased demands by minorities, national cultures are less stable than in the past and the very notion of national identity is changing.