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V.S. Naipaul / Bruce King.
Van Pelt Library PR9272.9.N32 Z749 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Bruce, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018--Criticism and interpretation.
- Naipaul, V. S.
- Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018.
- Travel writing--History--20th century.
- Travel writing.
- History.
- East Indians in literature.
- Islam in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Trinidad and Tobago--In literature.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Caribbean Area--In literature.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 230 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- This revised and updated introduction to the novels and non-fiction of V.S. Naipaul will be of interest to students, specialists and general readers. Chronological chapters examine the structure, significance and development of Naipaul's writing, setting the texts in their autobiographical, philosophical, social and political, colonial and post-colonial contexts. New chapters in the second edition include an expanded biographical introduction, and discussion of the recent novels "A Way in the World" and "Half a Life," Naipaul's writings on Islam, and the criticism of Naipaul by writers and post-colonial theorists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403904553
- 1403904561
- OCLC:
- 52040873
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