Creating Postcolonial Literature: African Writers and British Publishers

Using case studies, this book explores the publishing of African literature, addressing the construction of literary value, relationships between African writers and British publishers, and importance of the African market. It analyses the historical, political and economic conditions framing the emergence of postcolonial literature.

Author: C. Davis
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/23/2013
Pages: 255
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781137546180

About the Author
Caroline Davis is a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, in the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, where she teaches courses in book history, print culture and publishing studies.