Travel writing and the transnational author / Sam Knowles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knowles, Sam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rushdie, Salman.

Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-.

Seth, Vikram, 1952-.

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-.

Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, English.

English prose literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English prose literature.

English prose literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Literature and transnationalism.

Travel in literature.

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943---Criticism and interpretation.

Ondaatje, Michael.

Seth, Vikram, 1952---Criticism and interpretation.

Seth, Vikram.

Ghosh, Amitav, 1956---Criticism and interpretation.

Ghosh, Amitav.

Rushdie, Salman--Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

ix, 244 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Travel Writing and the Transnational Author explores the travel writing and transnational literature of four authors from the 'postcolonial canon': Michael Ondaatje, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, and Salman Rushdie. By focusing on the under-considered influence of the authors' own travel writing on their later work, this book bridges two critical fields: travel writing and transnational literary studies. This results in a unique approach that interrogates both areas of study, while also complementing existing criticism on all four authors. Through an analysis of the links between their travel writing and later literature, Travel Writing and the Transnational Author re-considers what it means to travel, write, and exist as a contemporary transnational individual. Each chapter contains an in-depth analysis of selected texts - both early travelogues and later transnational literature - and the introduction gives background on the politics and poetics of the authors alongside a well-informed overview of topics such as postcolonial and travel writing studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Travelling Out

1 The 'Prodigal-Foreigner', Reconstruction, and Transnational Boundaries / Michael Ondaatje Ondaatje, Michael 27

2 The Performing Wanderer and Transnational Disintegration / Vikram Seth Seth, Vikram 70

Part II Travelling On

3 Uncertain Translation and Transnational Confusion / Amitav Ghosh Ghosh, Amitav 113

4 Political Dualities and Imperial Transnationalisms / Salman Rushdie Rushdie, Salman 153.

Notes:

Introduction : travel writing and transnationalism -- part 1. Travelling out. Michael Ondaatje : the 'prodigal-foreigner', reconstruction, and transnational boundaries ; Vikram Seth : the performing wanderer and transnational disintegration -- part 2. Travelling on. Amitav Ghosh : uncertain translation and transnational confusion ; Salman Rushdie : political dualities and imperial transnationalisms -- Conclusion : transnational literature on the move.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.

ISBN:

113733245X

9781137332455

OCLC:

870285741