Skip to content

Booksellers & Trade Customers: Sign up for online bulk buying at trade.atlanticbooks.com for wholesale discounts

Booksellers: Create Account on our B2B Portal for wholesale discounts

Indigenous Literature of Oceania: A Survey of Criticism and Interpretation

by Nicholas J. Goetzfridt
Save 17% Save 17%
Current price ₹8,314.00
Original price ₹9,977.00
Original price ₹9,977.00
Original price ₹9,977.00
(-17%)
₹8,314.00
Current price ₹8,314.00

Imported Edition - Ships in 18-21 Days

Free Shipping in India on orders above Rs. 500

Request Bulk Quantity Quote
+91
Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780313291739
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Greenwood
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 368
  • Original Price: GBP 65.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 712 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

Oceania has a rich and growing literary tradition. The imaginative literature that emerged in the 1960s often reflected the forms and structures of European literature, though the ideas expressed were typically anticolonial. After three decades, the literature of Oceania has become much more complex, in terms of style as well as content; and authors write in a multiplicity of styles and voices. While the written literature of Oceania is continuously gaining more critical attention, questions about the imposition of European literary standards and values as a further extension of colonialism in the Pacific have become a central issue.

This book is a detailed survey of the expanding amount of critical and interpretive material written about the imaginative literature of authors from Oceania. It focuses on commentary and scholarship concerned with the poetry, fiction, and drama written in English by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. The criticisms have appeared in academic books and journals since the mid-1960s. They have developed to the point at which critical issues, related to decolonization and the expression of ideas without having to first satisfy foreign expectations, often determine the direction of such discussions. Entries are grouped in topical chapters, and each entry includes an extensive annotation. An introductory essay summarizes the evolution of Pacific literature.

Goetzfridt, Nicholas J.: -

NICHOLAS J. GOETZFRIDT is Associate Professor of Library Science at the University of Guam. His previous publications include Micronesia 1975-1987: A Social Science Bibliography (1989) and Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific: A Reference Guide (1992), both published by Greenwood Press. The latter was selected by Choice for its 1993 Outstanding Academic Book List.

Trusted for over 49 years

Family Owned Company

Secure Payment

All Major Credit Cards/Debit Cards/UPI & More Accepted

New & Authentic Products

India's Largest Distributor

Need Support?

Whatsapp Us