Postcolonial Moves: Medieval through Modern

Much theoretical and historical work engaged with the question of the "postcolonial" is built upon an imagined, unified premodern "Middle Ages" in Europe. One of the results of this has been that in recent years scholars in medieval and early modern studi

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Postcolonial Moves: Medieval Through Modern

Edited by Patricia Clare Ingham and Michelle R.Warren

POSTCOLONIAL MOVES

© Patricia Clare Ingham and Michelle R. Warren, 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 978-1-4039-6073-3 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52626-0 DOI 10.1057/9781403980236

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Postcolonial moves: medieval through modern/edited by Patricia Clare Ingham and Michelle R. Warren. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-52626-0 1. Imperialism in literature. 2. Literature, Middle ages—History and criticism. 3. Imperialism. 4. Postcolonialism. I. Ingham, Patricia Clare, 1958– II. Warren, Michelle R. 1967– PN56.I465 P67 2003 809⬘.93358—dc21

2002028752

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: March, 2003 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

vii

Notes on Contributors

ix

Introduction: Postcolonial Modernity and the Rest of History Patricia Clare Ingham and Michelle R.Warren

1

Part One:

Around Disciplines

Chapter One

Post-Philology Michelle R.Warren

19

Chapter Two

Contrapuntal Histories Patricia Clare Ingham

47

Chapter Three

Imperium Studies:Theorizing Early Modern Expansion Barbara Fuchs Part Two:

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

71

In Place

Tales of the Ancients: Colonial Werewolves and the Mapping of Postcolonial Ireland Catherine E. Karkov

93

The Romance of MiscegeNation: Negotiating Identities in La Fille du comte de Pontieu Sharon Kinoshita

111

vi Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Contents Spirituality and Colonial Governmentality: The Jesuit Spiritual Exercises in Europe and Abroad J. Michelle Molina The Question of Occidentalism in Early Modern Morocco Nabil I. Matar Part Three:

133

153

Through Time

Chapter Eight

History and Legend:The Exile and the Turk David Lawton

Chapter Nine

The Ghost of Leo Africanus from the English to the Irish Renaissance Bernadette Andrea

195

Postcolonial Courtiers: Performing French Classicism from Versailles to Nouvelle-France Jean-Vincent Blanchard

217

Chapter Ten

173

Chapter Eleven Antipodean Idylls: An Early Australian Translation of Tennyson’s Medievalism Louise D’Arcens

237

Index

257