Postcolonizing the Commonwealth: Studies in Literature and Culture

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Postcolonizing the Commonwealth Studies in Literature and Culture Rowland Smith, editor Wilfrid Laurier University Press w This book has been published with the help of grants from the Canadian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (CACLALS) and the Office of Research, Wilfrid Laurier University. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing activities. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Postcolonizing the Commonwealth : studies in literature and culture Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88920-352-0 (bound) ISBN 0-88920-358-X (pbk.) 1. Commonwealth literature (English)—History and criticism. 2. Commonwealth literature (English)—Study and teaching (Higher). 3. Postcolonialism. 4. Postcolonialism—Study and teaching (Higher). I. Smith, Rowland, 1938- . PR9080.P575 2000 820.9′9171241 C00-930511-4© 2000 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Stephen Slemon’s article ‘‘Climbing Mount Everest: Postcolonialism in the Culture of Ascent’’ has been published in Canadian Literature (58 [Autumn 1998], 15-41). Cover design by Leslie Macredie ∞ Printed in Canada All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic or mechanical —without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any request for photocopying , recording, taping or reproducing in information storage and retrieval systems of any part of this book shall be directed in writing to the Canadian Reprography Collective, 214 King Street West, Suite 312, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3S6. ...