The English language poetry of South Asians: a critical study

"Transnational poetics are studied by grouping poets' flexibly according to regions, time periods, literary movements, and poetic methodology. Poetry analysis covers the relevance of historical allusions as well as underlying concerns of gender, ethnicity, and class. Comparisons are offere...

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1. Verfasser: Wong, Mitali P. 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, NC [u.a.] McFarland 2013
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Zusammenfassung:"Transnational poetics are studied by grouping poets' flexibly according to regions, time periods, literary movements, and poetic methodology. Poetry analysis covers the relevance of historical allusions as well as underlying concerns of gender, ethnicity, and class. Comparisons are offered between poets of different places and time periods, yielding numerous sociopolitical paradigms that surface in the poetry"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Locating South Asian voices: the transnational case for South Asian poetry in English -- The beginnings of the English-language poetry of South Asians: the colonial era in the Indian subcontinent -- Strangers in their own lands: English-language poetry in the Indian subcontinent since 1947 -- Transnationalism and hybridity in contemporary Indian poetry -- Hybridity and dislocation: poets of the South Asian diaspora in the United Kingdom and Australia -- Diaspora, dislocation and South Asian poetry in Canada -- Strangers in a strange land:South Asian immigrant poets in the United States -- "But here are the meanings": the voices of contemporary South Asian American male poets -- "Other" histories: South Asian women poets in North America and the Caribbean -- "Why I'm a poet": contemporary South Asian women's poetry in the United States
Beschreibung:VII, 198 S.

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