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

• Autore: Ball John Clement <1960-, >
• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory