| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book traces the ways in which problems of imaginative authority and authorship structure the fiction and non-fiction of V.S. Naipaul and resonate in postcolonial literature. Imraan Coovadia argues that the post-colonial societies Naipaul studies in novels such as A Bend in the River and Guerillas are defined by the fragility of their authority. Coovadia demonstrates through close reading, how Naipaul, born in Trinidad to an Indian family and resident of the United Kingdom, asserts his imaginative authority over many different situations across the globe through a complex literary rhetoric"--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Authority and misquotation in A bend in the river -- The cold joke -- V.S. Naipaul and the black power killings in Trinidad -- V.S. Naipaul and the Muslims -- V.S. Naipaul and the uses of South Africa. |
| Subject |
Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 -- Literary style.
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Literary style. |
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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Authority in literature.
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Authority in literature. |
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Authorship -- Political aspects.
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Authorship -- Political aspects. |
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Authorship. |
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Authorship -- Social aspects.
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Authorship -- Social aspects. |
| ISBN |
9780230615359 alkaline paper |
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023061535X alkaline paper |
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