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Article: Post-Colonial Literatures in English: History, Language, Theory.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2000
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Post-Colonial Literatures in English: History, Language, Theory. By DENNIS WALDER. Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell. 1998. xii + 232 pp. 45 [pounds sterling]; $54.95 (paperbound 13.99 [pounds sterling]; $24.95).
At the outset, Post-Colonial Literatures in English spells out a clear mandate. Dennis Walder wishes to avoid the universalism or 'globalising ambitions' of many introductions to and over-views of the area. Instead, this volume is concerned to highlight the differences within a diverse field, and Walder his own situatedness in relation to it. Such acknowledgements are refreshing, opening out, rather than sealing, the interpretive avenues along which readers ...