Bücher von Sarah Anyang Agbor

This collection of essays gives an insight into the evolution of American literature from its inception to its present stage. It thus answers the question What is American Literature today ? Examining the different periods, trends and various historical contexts that have impacted on this national literature, the book tackles the thorny questions of influences, periodization and historicizing in literary art. It highlights the protean nature of American literature through the interdisciplinary critical essays that discuss contemporary global issues: cultural diversity, the environment, territorialism, identity fixity, motherhood, racism, resilience and resistance. This collection is of great significance to scholars, students and teachers of literary, cultural, gender, environmental and historical studies.

Sarah ANYANG AGBOR¿S text is a conceptual, historical and functionalexamination of Commonwealth Literature. The text comes acrossas a nice way to review some of the essential conceptual andhistorical development of Commonwealth literature. This text will beof special interest for students in Commonwealth studies.The workresponds to two ways of looking at Commonwealth literature. The fi rstis a conceptual defi nition, historical development and diversifi cationof Commnwealth Literature. The other is to investigate through sociologicalcriticism the various ways Commonwealth Literature dissents .This comparative analysis which is not limited to authors and regionsbut extends to the erstwhile and the contemporary, offers invaluableinsights into the longstanding debates surrounding the concept ofCommonwealth Literature in particular and draws conclusions thatdo not pretend to close the debate but rather articulate the discursivenature of Commonwealth Literature and the ambivalence of its ¿defi -ning¿ parameters.