Insurgent Testimonies: Witnessing Colonial Trauma in Modern and Anglophone Literature

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Focusing on the theme of testimony, the book explores how disruptions to imperial and national power influence the formal practices of modernist and Anglophone literature. By analyzing the works of notable authors such as Rebecca West, Joseph Conrad, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, it highlights the legal and societal responses to these disruptions, revealing the complex interplay between literature and the historical context of power dynamics.