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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808545703321

Autore

Kluwick Ursula <1977-, >

Titolo

Exploring magic realism in Salman Rushdie's fiction / / Ursula Kluwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-48095-1

1-283-45881-0

9786613458810

1-136-48096-X

0-203-13413-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; ; 23

Disciplina

823/.914

Soggetti

Magic realism (Literature)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie's Fiction; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Defining Magic Realism: Historical and Theoretical Foundations; 2 Making Magic Realistic: The Realist Code; 3 Making Realism Magic: The Supernatural Code; 4 Verbal Magic: The Poetics of Ambivalence; 5 Of Beasts and Houris: Rushdie's Magic Realist Characters; 6 Juicy Mangos, Sexy Spices: Magic Realism and the Strategies of Exoticist Discourse; 7 Magic Realism and the Politics of Ambivalence; 8 Conclusion: A New Trend?; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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: