Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Graeme Harper.
• Other Names: Harper, Graeme
• Contents: List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Displacement, dualism and belief: exploring colonial comedy and fantasy; CHAPTER TWO: Ukcombekcantsini and the fantastic: Zulu narratives and colonial culture; CHAPTER THREE: The game is up: British women's comic novels of the end of Empire; CHAPTER FOUR: James Morier and the oriental picaresque; CHAPTER FIVE: Cubans on the moon, and other imagined communities; CHAPTER SIX: Fairies on the veld: foreign and indigenous elements in South African children's stories.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 809/.917; Wit and humor -- History and criticism; Fantasy literature -- History and criticism; Imperialism in literature; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; Fantasy literature; Imperialism in literature; Wit and humor; Humoristische Literatur; Literaturkritik; Imperialismus; Fantastische Literatur; Humor; Fantasy (litteratur); Imperialism i litteraturen; Letterkunde; Engels; Het komische; Het fantastische; Koloniale literatuur; Engelstalige landen; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847142160; 1847142168
• Related ISBNs: 0826448666; 0826449190; 9780826448668; 9780826449191
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.