Contemporary Literature and the State |
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| Editor:
| Hart, Matthew
Hansen, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-23243-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $19.98 |
Book Description:
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Contemporary Literature and the State challenges the critical opposition between the monolithic state and the individual artist. The volume collects essays on writers as different as Samuel Beckett and Ngozi Adichie and covers historical and geographical contexts from Yorkshire to Singapore, San Francisco to Cape Town. Featuring new and established critical voices, Contemporary Literature and the State is an important new contribution to debates about the politics of literature, coming...
More DescriptionContemporary Literature and the State challenges the critical opposition between the monolithic state and the individual artist. The volume collects essays on writers as different as Samuel Beckett and Ngozi Adichie and covers historical and geographical contexts from Yorkshire to Singapore, San Francisco to Cape Town. Featuring new and established critical voices, Contemporary Literature and the State is an important new contribution to debates about the politics of literature, coming at a time when state power appears both more arbitrary and more necessary than ever.