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Maps of Empire examines how literature was affected by the decay and break up of old models of imperial administration in the mid-twentieth century.

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Preface: Cartography and the Space of World Literature 1. A Portmanteau of the Nation in Imīl Habībī’s The Pessoptimist 2. The Literary Space of Authority in Camara Laye’s Le Regard du Roi 3. Imperial Palimpsest or Exquisite Corpse: Yambo Ouologuem’s Le Devoir de violence 4. Disorientation and Horror in Sadeq Hedayat’s The Blind Owl 5. Orality and the Space of Translation in the Pima Ant Songs Afterword: Decolonizing Literary Space Bibliography

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 26/06/2020
      ISBN13: 9781487506841, 978-1487506841
      ISBN10: 1487506848
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      Comparative literature

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Maps of Empire examines how literature was affected by the decay and break up of old models of imperial administration in the mid-twentieth century.

      Table of Contents
      Preface: Cartography and the Space of World Literature 1. A Portmanteau of the Nation in Imīl Habībī’s The Pessoptimist 2. The Literary Space of Authority in Camara Laye’s Le Regard du Roi 3. Imperial Palimpsest or Exquisite Corpse: Yambo Ouologuem’s Le Devoir de violence 4. Disorientation and Horror in Sadeq Hedayat’s The Blind Owl 5. Orality and the Space of Translation in the Pima Ant Songs Afterword: Decolonizing Literary Space Bibliography

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