Decolonizing Literature

Anna Bernard is Reader in Comparative Literature and English at King’s College London.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Decolonization and Literature: A History2 Unfinished Business: How Do We Decolonize Literature?3 Language and Translation: What Is ‘English’ Literature?4 ‘A Comparative Literature of Imperialism’: Reading Colonial and Anticolonial Texts Together5 Telling a Collective Story: Literature and Anticolonial Struggle6 Decolonizing Genre: Anticolonial Understandings of Literary CraftConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

"Decolonizing Literature is the book we need today. Reminding us of the transformative possibilities of politicized literary criticism, Anna Bernard is continuing the legacy of Edward Said, Barbara Harlow, and Benita Parry by helping us imagine ourselves into different futures."Anthony C. Alessandrini, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York"A full and substantial introduction to the contentious topic of 'decolonizing' the English literary curriculum. Bernard’s account, which is fully cognisant of the challenges of this project, is lucid and accessible but never glib or shallow."Priyamvada Gopal, University of Cambridge