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Imperial Knowledge

Hardcover • 2000 • English

Imperial Knowledge: Russian Literature and Colonialism (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)

By Ewa M. Thompson

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About the book

Readers have long recognized that Western literature reflects the social, political, and cultural structures that favored colonial masters and their point of view. In both popular and scholarly usage, colonies are territories whose conquest requires travel overseas. Because Russia's contiguous colonies have generally been viewed as gradual and legitimate enlargements of Russian territory and ethnicity, Russian literature has escaped the scrutiny given to Western literary works. This volume argue...Show more

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ISBN

9780313313110

Publisher

Greenwood Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Imperial Knowledge

Format

Hardcover

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