Snodgrass Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire

New York: Facts On File Inc., 2010. — 481 p.Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire invites the student, teacher, librarian, feminist, writer, literary historian, researcher, and reader to sample a wide range of fiction and nonfiction by writers from around the world. The text offers easy-touse information arranged alphabetically into 201 entries. Discussions of themes and genres summarize the style and focus of writings about empires and subject nations. Featured authors, titles, and topics draw from world literature, women’s studies, and the social issues curricula of colleges and universities across the English-speaking world. The selection of authors and works reflects the tables of contents of textbooks, supplemental reading lists, and writing and discussion projects and seminars that have brought together teachers, students, writers, historians, and analysts of colonial and postcolonial concerns.
Enhancing the reader’s understanding, lengthy essays on the hero; women’s journals, diaries, and letters; visionary literature; autobiography; and biography discuss the implications of imperialism within a wide literary field. Numerous citations highlight authors’ perspectives on such topics as creation and godhood, military service, coercion, and combat.