The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies 2016
DOI: 10.1002/9781119076506.wbeps075
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Commonwealth Literature

Abstract: Originating in the late 1950s and early 1960s during a period of decolonization, the category of Commonwealth literature is inseparable from the history of the Commonwealth of Nations. Encompassing Anglophone literature from the former British colonies, it paradoxically excluded literature from Great Britain within its purview. While an emphasis was initially placed on literature from the former settler colonies, Commonwealth literature scholars soon became attentive towards literary production from the former… Show more

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