{"product_id":"maps-of-empire-a-topography-of-world-literature-hardback-9781487506841","title":"Maps of Empire; A Topography of World Literature (Hardback) 9781487506841","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaps of Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Topography of World Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKyle Wanberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487506841\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 June 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the political upheavals of the mid-twentieth century, as imperialism was unraveling on a grand scale, writers from colonized and occupied spaces questioned the necessity and ethics of their histories. As empire \"wrote back\" to the self-ordained centres of the world, modes of representation underwent a transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring novels and diverse forms of literature from regions in West Africa, the Middle East, and Indigenous America, \u003ci\u003eMaps of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e considers how writers struggle with the unstable boundaries generated by colonial projects and their dissolution. The literary spaces covered in the book form imaginary states or reimagine actual cartographies and identities sanctioned under empire. The works examined in \u003ci\u003eMaps of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, through their inner representations and their outer histories of reception, inspire and provoke us to reconsider boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Cartography and the Space of World Literature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Portmanteau of the Nation in Imīl Habībī\u0026amp;#x2019;s The Pessoptimist \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Literary Space of Authority in Camara Laye\u0026amp;#x2019;s Le Regard du Roi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Imperial Palimpsest or Exquisite Corpse: Yambo Ouologuem\u0026amp;#x2019;s Le Devoir de violence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Disorientation and Horror in Sadeq Hedayat\u0026amp;#x2019;s The Blind Owl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Orality and the Space of Translation in the Pima Ant Songs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Decolonizing Literary Space      \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481084184,"sku":"9781487506841","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/maps-of-empire-a-topography-of-world-literature-hardback-9781487506841","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}