The First Nakba Novel? on Standing with Palestine

Rooney, Caroline R. (2018) The First Nakba Novel? on Standing with Palestine. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 20 (1). pp. 80-99. ISSN 1369-801X. (doi:10.1080/1369801X.2017.1401951) (KAR id:65768)

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Abstract

I wish to take this opportunity to respond to Bart Moore-Gilbert's essay “Palestine, Postcolonialism and Pessoptimism” by suggesting how its concerns might be amplified through a consideration of Ethel Mannin's nakba novel The Road to Beersheba (1963b). I offer my reading of Mannin's novel in the spirit of an unfinished dialogue with Bart Moore-Gilbert's work and as a tribute to his commitment to justice.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1080/1369801X.2017.1401951
Uncontrolled keywords:	Bart Moore-Gilbert, nakba novel, Palestine
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Humanities > English
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of English
Depositing User:	Caroline Rooney
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2018 13:45 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 08:41 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/65768 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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