After Empire : Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie.

In After Empire Michael Gorra explores how three novelists of empirePaul Scott, V.S. Naipaul, and Salman Rushdiehave 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gorra, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Scott, Paul, > 1920-1978. > Raj quartet.
Naipaul, V. S. > (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), > 1932-2018 > Knowledge > India.
Rushdie, Salman. > Midnight's children.
Naipaul, V. S. > (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), > 1932-2018
Midnight's children (Rushdie, Salman)
Raj quartet (Scott, Paul)
1900-1999
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Indic fiction (English) > History and criticism.
Anglo-Indian fiction > History and criticism.
Decolonization in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Britanniques dans la littérature.
Roman de l'Inde (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglo-indien > Histoire et critique.
Décolonisation dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Anglo-Indian fiction
Decolonization in literature
English fiction
Imperialism in literature
Indic fiction (English)
Literature
National characteristics, British, in literature
India > In literature.
India
empire, imperialism, colonialism, british, literature, identity, race, salman rushdie, paul scott, vs naipaul, raj quartet, difference, multiracial, binary, england, india, diaspora, migrant, mimicry, midnights children, decolonization, satanic verses, englishness, domestic, nationality, nationalism, nonfiction, novels, politics, history, social change, power, authority, language, control.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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