02986nam 2200637 a 450 991046595650332120200520144314.01-84779-536-61-78170-124-51-84779-196-4(CKB)2560000000085716(EBL)1069479(OCoLC)818847152(SSID)ssj0000712833(PQKBManifestationID)12259071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712833(PQKBWorkID)10650604(PQKB)11672415(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086807(MiAaPQ)EBC1069479(Au-PeEL)EBL1069479(CaPaEBR)ebr10623378(CaONFJC)MIL843615(EXLCZ)99256000000008571620080630d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrR.K. Narayan[electronic resource] /John ThiemeManchester ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave20071 online resource (264 p.)Contemporary world writersDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-5927-5 0-7190-5926-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; 1 Contexts and intertexts; 2 Early novels; 3 Middle-period novels: Mr Sampath to Waiting for the Mahatma; 4 Middle-period novels: The Guide to The Painter of Signs; 5 Late novels; 6 Critical overview and conclusion; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YR.K. Narayan's reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels. Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a chronicler of "authentic" Indianness, John Thieme locates his fiction in terms of its specific South Indian contexts and cultural geography and its non-Indian intertexts. The study also considers the effect that Narayan's writing for overseas publication had on novels such as Swami and Friends, The Guide and The Man-Eater of Malgudi.Narayan's imaginary Contemporary World WritersNational characteristics, East Indian, in literatureMalgudi (India : Imaginary place)IndiaIn literatureElectronic books.National characteristics, East Indian, in literature.Malgudi (India : Imaginary place)823.912Thieme John526512MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465956503321R.K. Narayan2136063UNINA