03507nam 2200841 450 991081960010332120200108162841.01-84779-536-61-78170-124-51-84779-196-410.7765/9781847791962(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(UkMaJRU)992980061924601631(DE-B1597)660653(DE-B1597)9781847791962(EXLCZ)99256000000008571620200108h20132007 |y| 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierR. K. Narayan /John ThiemeManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2013.©20071 online resource (249 pages) digital file(s)Contemporary world writersContemporary world writersDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-5927-5 0-7190-5926-7 Includes bibliographical references 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 WritersLiteraturemupLiterary Studies: Post-Colonial LiteraturebicsscLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / IndicbisachIndiathemaIndiaIn literatureIndian writing.Indianness.Malgudi.R. K. Narayan.cultural geography.fiction.founding figures.inescapability of change.modernity.non-Indian intertexts.LiteratureLiterary Studies: Post-Colonial LiteratureLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / IndicIndia823.912Thieme John526512UkMaJRUBOOK9910819600103321R. K. Narayan3917119UNINA