Title Postcolonial London : rewriting the metropolis / John McLeod

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description x, 210 pages ; 22 cm Contents Introduction : locating postcolonial London -- 1. Making a song and dance : Sam Selvon and Colin MacInnes -- 2. London, England : V. S. Naipaul, Doris Lessing and Janet Frame -- 3. Living room : Buchi Emecheta, Joan Riley and Grace Nichols -- 4. Babylon's burning : Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hanif Kureishi and Salman Rushdie -- 5. Millennial currents : David Dabydeen, Fred D'Aguiar and Bernardine Evaristo -- Coda : 'no fenky-fenky road' Summary "John McLeod's study is essential reading for those interested in British or postcolonial literature, or in theorizations of the city and metropolitan culture."--BOOK JACKET Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism. Authors, Commonwealth -- England -- London -- 20th century -- Homes and haunts. Authors, English -- England -- London -- 20th century -- Homes and haunts. Authors, Commonwealth -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London. Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London. English literature -- England -- London -- History and criticism. English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Postcolonialism -- England -- London. Postcolonialism in literature. SUBJECT London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078218 London (England) -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107013 LC no. 2004002062 ISBN 041534459X hardback 0415344603 paperback

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