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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Main Author: Scott, Bede
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2019, 2019
Series:Postcolonialism across the disciplines
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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