Engaging with Literature of Commitment. Volume 2

Gordon Collier has published books on translation and on Patrick White, and is the editor or co-editor of numerous critical anthologies. He is co-general editor of the book-series Cross/Cultures and of the journal Matatu.Marc Delrez teaches anglophone and comparative literature at the University of Liège. He is the author of a book on Janet Frame and co-editor (with Bénédicte Ledent) of The Contact and the Culmination (1997), a collection of essays on postcolonial literature.Anne Fuchs taught comparative literature and theatre studies at the University of Nice. She is the co-editor (with Geoff Davis) of two collections of essays on South African and Black British theatre.Bénédicte Ledent teaches English language and Caribbean literature at the University of Liège. She is the author, editor, and co-editor of books on Caryl Phillips and on Caribbean literature.Contributors: Béatrice Bijon, Anne Brewster, David Callahan, Gordon Collier, Marc Delrez, Ganesh Devy, Terry Goldie, Geoff Goodfellow, Kristjana Gunnars, Dennis Haskell, Dolores Herrero, Gavin Hopps, Devindra Kohli, Martin Kuester, Jaroslav Kušnír, Bénédicte Ledent, Russell McDougall, Peter H. Marsden, Marc Maufort, David Midgley, Norbert H. Platz, Helga Ramsey–Kurz, Erhard Reckwitz, Carla Sassi, Michael Sharkey, Kirpal Singh, Gerhard Stilz, Sven Strasen, Peter O. Stummer, Andrew Taylor, Pia Thielmann, Deborah Vietor–Engländer, Ian Wallace, and Peter Wenzel

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: A Memory Trip. Partly in Tandem, Partly QuadrilogicalConspectus and ComparisonErhard Reckwitz: Literature as a Rule-Breaking ActivitySven Strasen and Peter Wenzel: Construction of Identities, Polar Opposites, and Cultural Models: The Binary Approach to Cultural InteractionGerhard Stilz: What Happens in the ‘Contact Zone’?Ganesh Devy: Endangered Languages and Dispossessed CommunitiesNorbert H. Platz: Ecocriticism, Environmental Ethics, and a New Ecological CultureUnsettled Settlers and OthersKristjana Gunnars: Extreme Liminality: The Linked Stories of Édouard, Juliette, and Lena in Mavis Gallant’s Overhead in a BalloonPeter O. Stummer: Move the Earth with One’s Dramatic Shovel? Some Observations on Recent Plays in Canada and BeyondTerry Goldie: Fanciful IndigeneityMartin Kuester: Between European Past and Canadian Present: Lesbian Mennonite Writing and Collective MemoryDavid Callahan: Entropy and the Totally Buried Home in Jane Urquhart’s A Map of GlassDevindra Kohli: “Under a pillar of rain/thinking goodbye”: Remembering Kamala DasBéatrice Bijon: ‘Bubbles into the Bottle’ of Postcolonialism: Ritornellos and Screen-Memories in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small ThingsRussell McDougall: The Materialization and Transformation of Xavier Herbert: A Body of Work Committed to AustraliaDolores Herrero: The Phantom and Transgenerational Trauma in Elizabeth Jolley’s The WellHelga Ramsey–Kurz: Due Preparations for Paradise: or, The Plague Now According to Hany Abu-Assad and Janette Turner HospitalMarc Delrez: “Grace of the Crocodiles”: Towards Deterritorialization of Culture in Robert Drewe’s GraceJaroslav Kušnír: Lives of Artists, Identities of Countries: Dependence, Displacement, Identity, and Australia in Peter Carey’s TheftMarc Maufort: Positioning Alterity: Multi-Ethnic Identities in Contemporary New Zealand DramaPeter H. Marsden: Ut pictura poiesis: Paintings and Painters in the Poetry of Peter BlandHome TerritoryBénédicte Ledent: A Play of Significance: Roy Williams’s Days of Significance and the Question of LabelsCarla Sassi: Postcolonializing Glasgow’s Amnesia: Alasdair Gray’s Lanark as a Palimpsest of Scottish Imperial HistoryGavin Hopps: A Foreigner at Home: Morrissey and the Art of EmbarrassmentFirst LoveDavid Midgley: Zweig’s EnglishmenDeborah Vietor–Engländer: “Mr Davis’s Monument, or Dear Mr Davis, what shall I do?”Ian Wallace: The Enigma of Hitler: Counterfactual PerspectivesWhat It’s All AboutDennis Haskell: A Tale of Two CitiesGeoff Goodfellow: Onto the Spin CycleMichael Sharkey: The Day Collector: An Ode. My Classic Bent: Scene From a LifeGordon Collier: Canada Quartet (for Geoff). Historia canis. In motionless airAnne Brewster: TravelogueAndrew Taylor: Karri forest. Maxi, goodbyePia Thielmann: The Way to Agra; or Nature’s Pain EverywhereKirpal Singh: from this side of memoryNotes on Contributors