Spaces of fiction, fictions of space : postcolonial place and literary deiXis / Russell West-Pavlov.

By:

West-Pavlov, Russell, 1964-

Material type:

TextPublication details: Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: x, 250 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230237766 (hardback)
0230237762 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

823/.9209358 22

LOC classification:

PR9084 .W47 2010

Other classification:

18.05
18.06
18.07

Contents:

Deixis and I -- From deictics to deiXis -- Narrative space -- Anadiplosis -- Spatial amnesia -- Imperial deixis -- Self-reflexive deixis and the aporias of the nation -- Critiques of national narratives -- DeiXis and loss -- DeiXis rediscovered.

Summary: "Reading a wide range of well known postcolonial writers along with more recent authors, Spaces of Fiction / Fictions of Space implements a new theory of literary spatial marking derived from the linguistic theory of deixis, and made accessible via an analysis of Becketts 'semi-colonial' play Waiting for Godot"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-246) and index.

"Reading a wide range of well known postcolonial writers along with more recent authors, Spaces of Fiction / Fictions of Space implements a new theory of literary spatial marking derived from the linguistic theory of deixis, and made accessible via an analysis of Becketts 'semi-colonial' play Waiting for Godot"--Provided by publisher.

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