Ways of being free : authenticity and community in selected works of Rushdie, Ondaatje, and Okri /

Iconic migrant writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Salman Rushdie and Ben Okri use their fictional worlds to articulate the ways in which existential "nervous conditions," caused by violent postcolonial history, drive individuals to rework the critical notions of freedom, authenticity and co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahmutović, Adnan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi B V, 2012.
Temas:
Rushdie, Salman > Criticism and interpretation.
Ondaatje, Michael, > 1943- > Criticism and interpretation.
Okri, Ben > Criticism and interpretation.
Okri, Ben.
Ondaatje, Michael, > 1943-
Rushdie, Salman.
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
Communities in literature.
Community life in literature.
Authenticité (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Communauté dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Iconic migrant writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Salman Rushdie and Ben Okri use their fictional worlds to articulate the ways in which existential "nervous conditions," caused by violent postcolonial history, drive individuals to rework the critical notions of freedom, authenticity and community. This existential thread in their works has been largely ignored or left undeveloped in criticism. Although Rushdie has argued that they primarily write back to the imperial centre(s), in their signature novels, The English Patient, Midnight's Children and The Famished Road, they respond to their co.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9789401208093
9401208093

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