{"product_id":"maps-of-empire-9781487506841","title":"Maps of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaps of Empire examines how literature was affected by the decay and break up of old models of imperial administration in the mid-twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: 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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409144422743,"sku":"9781487506841","price":42.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487506841.jpg?v=1730505602","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/maps-of-empire-9781487506841","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}