Exploring the Dominance of 'Commonwealth Literature' in the Man Booker Prize. Holding on to a Lost Empire?

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Centre for British Studies), course: Empire and Commonwealth History, language: English, abstract: This paper delves into the intriguing trend observed since the inception of the Man Booker Prize in 1969, where nearly half of the winners have hailed from ...