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UNINA9910463594103321 |
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Autore |
Ball John Clement <1960-, > |
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Titolo |
Satire & the postcolonial novel : V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie / / John Clement Ball |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-415-80349-7 |
0-203-95741-5 |
1-135-45148-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory : Outstanding Dissertations |
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Soggetti |
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Satire, English - History and criticism |
Commonwealth fiction (English) - History and criticism |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Postcolonialism - English-speaking countries |
Postcolonialism in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Theories of Satire and Postcolonialism; Chapter Two "The Old Enemy. And Also the New": V. S. Naipaul's Multidirectional Satire; Chapter Three "In All Fairness": Satire and Narrative in the Novels of Chinua Achebe; Chapter Four "Pessoptimism": Satire and the Menippean Grotesque in Salman Rushdie's Novels; Conclusion; Afterword (2002); Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Satire plays a prominent and often controversial role in postcolonial fiction. <EM>Satire and the Postcolonial Novel</EM> offers the first study of this topic, employing the insights of postcolonial comparative theories to revisit Western formulations of ""satire"" and the ""satiric.""<br> |
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