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Outlandish : writing between exile and diaspora / Nico Israel.
Van Pelt Library PR888.E97 I87 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Israel, Nico.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Criticism and interpretation.
- Conrad, Joseph.
- Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969--Criticism and interpretation.
- Adorno, Theodor W.
- Rushdie, Salman--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rushdie, Salman.
- Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Exiles in literature.
- Emigration and immigration in literature.
- Immigrants in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 252 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Outlandish addresses geographical displacement as a lived experience in the 20th century, as a predicament of writing, and as a problem for theory. It focuses on the work of three transnational writers from diverse backgrounds working in different genres: Joseph Conrad, Theodor W. Adorno, and Salman Rushdie.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Writing between Exile and Diaspora 1
- Voyage Out 1
- Tropics of Displacement 4
- Place Matters 5
- Unheimlich(e) Maneuvers 8
- The Rhetoric of Displacement 11
- Forcing the Issue of Choice 13
- The Map 18
- Chapter 1 Conrad and the Cultural Geography of Exile 23
- The Aura, The Aura 23
- Fostering Difference 28
- Vexed Encounters 31
- Only (Dis) Connect 39
- Mach es Kurz! 51
- I had jumped ... it seems 58
- Usque ad Finem 71
- "Et apres? There is an apres." 74
- Chapter 2 Adorno, Los Angeles, and the Dislocation of Culture 75
- Flying T.W.A. 75
- Blue Note 78
- Ac-cen-tu-ate the Negative 85
- From Monad to Nomad, and Back 97
- Subversive Elements 101
- Split Personalities 116
- Future Perfect 118
- Chapter 3 The Place of Salman Rushdie 123
- Preamble 123
- Finding Elbaroom 130
- States of Emergency 137
- Translating History 148
- To the Devil 157
- Homing Devices 174.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804730733
- OCLC:
- 43185875
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