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Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie?s Fiction.

Kluwick breaks new ground in this book, moving away from Rushdie studies that focus on his status as postcolonial or postmodern, and instead considering the significance of magic realism in his fiction. Rushdie's magic realism, in fact, lies at the heart of his engagement with the post/colonial...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kluwick, Ursula
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Kluwick breaks new ground in this book, moving away from Rushdie studies that focus on his status as postcolonial or postmodern, and instead considering the significance of magic realism in his fiction. Rushdie's magic realism, in fact, lies at the heart of his engagement with the post/colonial. In a departure from conventional descriptions of magic realism--based primarily on the Latin-American tradition--Kluwick here proposes an alternative definition, allowing for a more accurate description of the form. She argues that it is disharmony, rather than harmony, that is decisive: that the incom.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (251 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203134139
0203134133