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  1. After Empire
    Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie
    Autor*in: Gorra, Michael
    Erschienen: 2008
    Verlag:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empire-Paul Scott, V. S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdie-have charted the perpetually drawn and perpetually blurred boundaries of identity left in the wake of British imperialism. Arguing... mehr

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    In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empire-Paul Scott, V. S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdie-have charted the perpetually drawn and perpetually blurred boundaries of identity left in the wake of British imperialism. Arguing against a model of cultural identity based on race, Gorra begins with Scott's portrait, in The Raj Quartet, of the character Hari Kumar-a seeming oxymoron, an "English boy with a dark brown skin," whose very existence undercuts the belief in an absolute distinction between England and India. He then turns to the opposed figures of Naipaul and Rushdie

     

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    Sprache: Englisch
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    ISBN: 9780226304748
    Schlagworte: Anglo-Indian fiction ; History and criticism; English fiction ; 20th century ; History and criticism; Indic fiction (English) ; History and criticism; Naipaul, V. S ; (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) ; 1932- ; Knowledge ; India; National characteristics, British, in literature; Rushdie, Salman ; Midnight's children; Scott, Paul ; 1920-1978 ; Raj quartet; Electronic books
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    AFTER EMPIRE; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Situation: Paul Scott and The Raj Quartet; 2 V. S. Naipaul: In His Father's House; 3 The Novel in an Age of Ideology: On the Form of Midnight's Children; Appendix to Chapter 3 "Burn the Books and Trust the Book": The Satanic Verses, February 1989; Conlusion Notes towards a Redefinition of Englishness; Notes; Index;

  2. After Empire
    Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie
  3. After Empire
    Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie
    Autor*in: Gorra, Michael
    Erschienen: 2008
    Verlag:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empire-Paul Scott, V. S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdie-have charted the perpetually drawn and perpetually blurred boundaries of identity left in the wake of British imperialism. Arguing... mehr

    Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Bibliothek und wissenschaftliche Information
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    In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empire-Paul Scott, V. S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdie-have charted the perpetually drawn and perpetually blurred boundaries of identity left in the wake of British imperialism. Arguing against a model of cultural identity based on race, Gorra begins with Scott's portrait, in The Raj Quartet, of the character Hari Kumar-a seeming oxymoron, an "English boy with a dark brown skin," whose very existence undercuts the belief in an absolute distinction between England and India. He then turns to the opposed figures of Naipaul and Rushdie

     

    Export in Literaturverwaltung   RIS-Format
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    Hinweise zum Inhalt
    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780226304748
    Schlagworte: Anglo-Indian fiction ; History and criticism; English fiction ; 20th century ; History and criticism; Indic fiction (English) ; History and criticism; Naipaul, V. S ; (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) ; 1932- ; Knowledge ; India; National characteristics, British, in literature; Rushdie, Salman ; Midnight's children; Scott, Paul ; 1920-1978 ; Raj quartet; Electronic books
    Umfang: Online-Ressource (220 p.)
    Bemerkung(en):

    Description based upon print version of record

    AFTER EMPIRE; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Situation: Paul Scott and The Raj Quartet; 2 V. S. Naipaul: In His Father's House; 3 The Novel in an Age of Ideology: On the Form of Midnight's Children; Appendix to Chapter 3 "Burn the Books and Trust the Book": The Satanic Verses, February 1989; Conlusion Notes towards a Redefinition of Englishness; Notes; Index;