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Satire & the postcolonial novel : V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie / / John Clement Ball



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Autore: Ball John Clement <1960-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Satire & the postcolonial novel : V. S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie / / John Clement Ball Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
Disciplina: 823/.91409358
Soggetto topico: 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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>
Altri titoli varianti: Satire and the postcolonial novel
Titolo autorizzato: Satire & the postcolonial novel  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-45155-9
0-415-80349-7
0-203-95741-5
1-135-45148-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788013303321
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Serie: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory