Postcolonial Criticism: History, Theory and the Work of FictionIn the field of postcolonial studies, the full richness and complexity of the connections between literature, history and ideology are often overlooked by critics hurrying to stake out their political positions. As a result, many arguments are built on unjustified assumptions about the sort of work that literature and criticism can and cannot do. In this important and timely book, Harrison sheds new light on what is actually at issue in postcolonial