Insurgent testimonies witnessing colonial trauma in modern and Anglophone literature Rizzuto, Nicole M. creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. nyu 2015 2015 First edition. monographic eng print x, 272 pages ; 23 cm Introduction. Challenging ruptures: testimonial insurgencies, spectral witnesses -- Compelled confessions and forced attachments in Joseph Conrad's Under Western eyes and "Poland revisited" -- Traumas of nation and narrative: legal and literary witnessing in Rebecca West's wartime writings -- Vindicating the law: H.G. de Llisser, V.S. Reid, and the Morant Bay Rebellion -- Testimony and the crisis of the juridical order in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's A grain of wheat. Nicole M. Rizzuto. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- b------ English literature 20th century History and criticism Commonwealth literature (English) History and criticism Imperialism in literature War in literature Psychic trauma in literature Justice, Administration of, in literature Nationalism and literature English-speaking countries Literature and society English-speaking countries Commonwealth literature (English) English literature Imperialism in literature Justice, Administration of, in literature Literature and society Nationalism and literature Psychic trauma in literature War in literature English-speaking countries 1900-1999 fast PR478.I53 R59 2015 820.9/0091 9780823267811 0823267814 9780823267828 0823267822 2015006026 DLC 150316 20170928110615.0 in00003606280 eng