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| Nationalism, Colonialism and Literature | | Author: | Terry Eagleton | ISBN: | 0816618631 | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | | Nationalism, Colonialism and Literature FROM THE CRITICS Booknews In three elegant and important essays, originally published as pamphlets by Field Day Theatre Company, Terry Eagleton analyzes nationalism, identifying the radical contradictions that necessarily beset it; Fredric Jameson pursues the contradiction between the limited experience of the individual and the dispersed conditions that govern it; and Edward Said explores the work of Yeats as an exemplary and early instance of the process of decolonization. The introduction is by Seamus Deane. Paper edition (1863-1), $9.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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