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Spaces of fiction, fictions of space : postcolonial place and literary DeiXis
- Title
- Spaces of fiction, fictions of space : postcolonial place and literary DeiXis / Russell West-Pavlov.
- Author
- West-Pavlov, Russell, 1964-
- Publication
- Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 10-970 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 250 p.; 23 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Deixix 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-970
- ISBN
- 9780230237766 (hardback)
- 0230237762 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2009044073
- OCLC
- YBP 2009044073
- Author
- West-Pavlov, Russell, 1964-
- Title
- Spaces of fiction, fictions of space : postcolonial place and literary DeiXis / Russell West-Pavlov.
- Imprint
- Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 10-970