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.
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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.
Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | June 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | June 2009 |
Authors | I Coovadia |
Dimensions | 216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 188 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-230-61535-9 |
Barcode | 9780230615359 |
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LSN | 0-230-61535-X |