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Introduction - The Colonies in Concrete

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2020

Caitlin Vandertop
Affiliation:
University of the South Pacific
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During the late colonial period, as successive waves of decolonisation swept regions from Ireland in the 1910s to the Pacific islands in the 1970s, a number of writers took inspiration from the cultures of colonial port cities, where they reflected critically on the ideals inscribed into their architectural landscapes. This introductory chapter outlines the historical connections between colonial urbanism and modernist fiction, introducing key theoretical ideas and outlining the comparative method.

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Modernism in the Metrocolony
Urban Cultures of Empire in Twentieth-Century Literature
, pp. 1 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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