postcolonial rewriting and invention of the canon /
Ankhi Mukherjee.
xiv, 272 pages ;
24 cm.
Cultural memory in the present
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.
"What is a classic?" : international literary criticism and the classic question -- What is a novel? : Conrad, Said, Naipaul -- "Best of the world's classics" : Derek Walcott between classics and the classic -- "Pip was my story" : rereading, counterreading, and nonreading -- "Yes, sir, I was the one who got away" : postcolonial emergence and the vernacular canon -- Hamarashakespeare.com : Shakespeare in India -- Postscript : the why of the what.
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Canon (Literature)
Criticism.
English literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
English literature-- 21st century-- History and criticism.