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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814277603321

Autore

Mondal Anshuman A (Anshuman Ahmed), <1972->

Titolo

Amitav Ghosh / / Anshuman A. Mondal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

©2007

ISBN

1-84779-618-4

1-78170-110-5

1-84779-181-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 211 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Contemporary World Writers

Contemporary world writers

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Authors, Indic - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature

Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays

Ireland

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

CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; 1 Contexts and intertexts; 2 The 'metaphysic' of modernity; 3 Looking-glass borders; 4 Tiny threads, gigantic tapestries; 5 Critical overview and conclusion; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Amitav Ghosh is an authoritative critical introduction to the fictional and non-fictional writings of one of the most celebrated and significant literary voices to have emerged from India in recent decades. It is the first full-length study of Amitav Ghosh's work to be available outside India.Encompassing all of Ghosh's fictional and non-fictional writings to date, this book takes a thematic approach which enables in-depth analysis of the cluster of themes, ideas and issues that Ghosh has steadily built up into a substantial intellectual project. This project overlaps significantly with many o