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Individual volumes reXect in particular on the shaping eVect both of international theory and of local politics on postcolonial traditions often viewed as uniformly cross-cultural, and also on the inXuence of postcolonial writing on the protocols of international theory. Throughout the focus is on how texts formally engage with the legacies of imperial and anti-imperial history. Other titles in the Series include The Indian Novel in English, West African Literatures, and Pacific Islands Writing.  \nOXFORD STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES  \nThe Indian Novel in English  \nPriyamvada Gopal Australian Literatures Graham Huggan Pacific Islands Writing  \nMichelle Keown  \nWest African Literatures  \nStephanie Newell  \nPostcolonial Poetry in English Rajeev S. Patke  \nOXFORD STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURESIN ENGLISH  \nGeneral Editor: Elleke Boehmer  \nPOSTCOLONIAL POETRY IN ENGLISH  \nRajeev S. Patke  \n1  \n3  \nGreat Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith oYces in  \nArgentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam  \nOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries  \nPublished in the United States  \nby Oxford University Press Inc., New York  \n􀀁 Rajeev S. Patke  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2006  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available  \nTypeset by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Biddle’s Ltd., King’s Lynn  \nISBN 0–19–927564–5 978–0–19–927564–9  \nISBN 0–19–926340–X (Pbk. ) 978–0–19–929888–4 (Pbk. )  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nFor Nikish, Meghan, and Varsha  \nThe carpet is glad to have sat in the sunshine  \nand rain Glad to have taken to the air  \ntime and again  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nPREFACE  \nI was mired in attachment  \n[ . . . ]  \nSo I mastered new rungs of air Seamus Heaney, ‘The First Flight’  \nThis book introduces readers to a body of poetry whose unique relation to language and history gives it a dual role in contemporary societies. On the one hand, this poetry bears witness to the residual force of colonial histories; on the other, it shows how that force maybe turned to new forms of linguistic and cultural empowerment. 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