Affective disorders emotion in colonial and postcolonial literature
Affective Disorders explores the significance of emotion in a range of colonial and postcolonial narratives. Through close readings of Naguib Mahfouz, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Upamanyu Chatterjee, among others, Bede Scott argues that literary representations of emotion need not be interpr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool
Liverpool University Press
2019, 2019
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| Series: | Postcolonialism across the disciplines
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Affective Disorders explores the significance of emotion in a range of colonial and postcolonial narratives. Through close readings of Naguib Mahfouz, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Upamanyu Chatterjee, among others, Bede Scott argues that literary representations of emotion need not be interpreted solely at the level of character, individual psychology, or the contingencies of plotting, but could also be related to broader sociopolitical forces |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 190 pages maps |
| ISBN: | 9781786941701 1786941708 |