Modernism and the Post-colonial(2008).pdf

Modernism and the Post-Colonial CONTINUUM LITERARY STUDIES SERIES Also available in the series: Active Reading by Ben Knights and Chris Thurgar-Dawson Beckett's Books by Matthew Feldman British Fiction in the Sixties by Sebastian Groes Canonizing Hypertext by Astrid Ensslin Character and Satire in Postwar Fiction by Ian Gregson English Fiction in the 1930s by Chris Hopkins Fictions of Globalization by James Annesley Joyce pany by David Pierce London Narratives by Lawrence Phillips Masculinity in Fiction and Film by Brian Baker Novels of the Contemporary Extreme edited by Alain-Phillipe Durand and Naomi Mandel Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy by Simon Swift Seeking Meaning for Goethe's Faust by J. M. van der Laan Women's Fiction 1945-2000 by Deborah Philips Modernism and the Post-Colonia l Literature and Empire 1885-1930 PETER CHILDS continuum Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038 ww w. ? Peter Childs 2007 First published 2007 Reprinted 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Peter Childs has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-10:0-8264-8558-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-8558-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Aarontype Limited, Easton, Bristol Printed and bound in Great Britain by Biddies Ltd, King's Lynn, Norfolk 'Kill John Bull with Art' - Wyndham Lewis This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction: Victorian and Modernis