Anthology of Colonial & Postcolonial Short Fiction

The anthology offers short stories from both types of colonial and post-colonial literature: the British subjects in colonial settings and the colonised indigenous people. It includes apparatus to help undergraduates understand British colonialism, grasp the essentials of postcolonial theory as it applies to reading and understanding short fiction and put the stories into historical and literary context. Short stories from the following regions are included: Ireland, Canada, the Caribbean, India/Pakistan, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.