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Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Politics of Postcolonial Nationalist Literature 1 1. The Nation as Problem and Possibility 22 2. Caribbean Space: Lamming, Naipaul, and Federation 65 3. The Novel after the Nation: Nigeria after Biafra 116 4. The Persistence of the Nation: Literature and Criticism in Canada 152 Conclusion: National Culture and Globalization 199 Notes 209 Index 237 This page intentionally left blank ...

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