The institutionalization of a literary curriculum was part of the ideological enterprise of British rule in the colony. This book examines South-Asian, Caribbean, and African writers and public intellectuals for whom anti-colonial amateur criticism and discourse is the primary mode of thought, articulation and world-making.
The institutionalization of a literary curriculum was part of the ideological enterprise of British rule in the colony. This book examines South-Asian, Caribbean, and African writers and public intellectuals for whom anti-colonial amateur criticism and discourse is the primary mode of thought, articulation and world-making.
Saikat Majumdar is Professor of English & Creative Writing at Ashoka University, India. He is the author of a monograph, Prose of the World (2013) and five novels, including The Firebird/Play House (2015/2017), and The Remains of the Body (2024); and the co-editor of The Critic as Amateur (Bloomsbury, 2019).
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Acknowledgements 1. The colonial map of misreading 2. Poor reading, weak theory 3. Autodidactic nation 4. Books, roots, pasts 5. The light and shadow of Empire 6. The violence of humanistic education Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements 1. The colonial map of misreading 2. Poor reading, weak theory 3. Autodidactic nation 4. Books, roots, pasts 5. The light and shadow of Empire 6. The violence of humanistic education Notes Bibliography Index
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