Poetry and Decolonization
Poetry and Decolonization
This chapter examines the poetic effects of the decolonization of the British Empire. The analysis uses Edward Said's ideas of cross-national affiliation and decolonizing cultural resistance. It describes how place was imaginatively creolized and translocalized by black British and other migrant and diasporic poets. It also compares the works of postcolonial poets such as Louise Bennett and Derek Walcott with those of British poets such as Philip Larkin and Tony Harrison.
Keywords: decolonization, British Empire, postcolonial poets, Edward Said, cross-national affiliation, cultural resistance, Louise Bennett, Derek Walcott, Philip Larkin, Tony Harrison
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