Mapping out the Rushdie republic : some recent surveys / edited by Tapan Kumar Ghosh and Prasanta Bhattacharya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghosh, T. K. (Tapan Kumar), editor.

Bhattacharya, Prasanta (Assistant professor of English), editor.

Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rushdie, Salman--Criticism and interpretation.

Rushdie, Salman.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

lxviii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Mapping out the Rushdie Republic differs from existing studies on the work of Salman Rushdie by dint of its seriousness of intent and profundity of content. Every major work of the writer is paid due attention as separate articles are devoted to every aspect of his literary persona. As such, the contributions raise pertinent issues and questions that invite the perceptive reader to enter into a meaningful dialogue with the views of a range of formidable academics of national and international repute. A long interview with Timothy Brennan, a notable Rushdie critic, offers further insights, making this a book that designedly stops short of being merely encomiastic about Rushdie's achievement as an author. The significant act of mapping out the Rushdie republic makes this a must-read for those who find the Rushdie phenomenon an interesting one as part of ongoing debates and discussions. Book jacket.

Contents:

An interview: Timothy Brennan shares his views about Salman Rushdie with Tapan Kumar Ghosh and Sisir Kumar Chatterjee xliii

Rushdie Worldview: Macro-Analyses

Writing beyond Borders: Salman Rushdie and the Nation / Bill Ashcroft Ashcroft, Bill 2

Politics in the Novels of Salman Rushdie / Tariq Rahaman Rahaman, Tariq 19

Fact and Fantasy, Myth and History: The Magic Realist Mode in Salman Rushdie's Fiction / Anjali Gera Roy Roy, Anjali Gera 34

'The God-Shaped Hole': Secular Salman and Religious Controversy / Tapan Kumar Ghosh Ghosh, Tapan Kumar 53

Ta(l)king Back: The Postcolomal Challenge of Salman Rushdie's Postmodern Linguistic Game / Prathim-Maya Dora-Laskey Dora-Laskey, Prathim-Maya 68

Salman Rushdie: Readings of His Fiction

Being, Becoming and Beginnings: Reading the Narrative Journey Of Grimus / Rakesh Sarkar Sarkar, Rakesh 82

The Importance of Being Accepted by the "Postcolonial Patron": Midnight's Children and the Politics of Reception / Taj-uddin Ahmed Ahmed, Taj-uddin 95

A Part for the (W)hole?: An Analytic Study of Midnight's Children / Anasuya Bhar Bhar, Anasuya 108

Women and Subversive Magic: Shame and Como agua para chocolate / Nalini Natarajan Natarajan, Nalini 124

Fearful Symmetry: Salman Rushdie and Prophetic Newness / Neil Ten Kortenaar Kortenaar, Neil Ten 134

Foregrounding 'Impurity' of Narratives: Rushdie's Celebration of Heterogeneity of Stories and Re-Interpretation of Indie and Islamic Tradition in Haroun and the Sea of Stories / Arindam Ghosh Ghosh, Arindam 155

Dynamism of a Strategic Aporia of the Narrative Voice in East, West / Abhijit Gupta Gupta, Abhijit 176

The Exile's Story: Reading The Moor's Last Sigh / Nishi Pulugurtha Pulugurtha, Nishi 192

The Ground beneath Her Feet: A Palimpsest of Home/Roam? / Chidananda Bhartacharya Bhartacharya, Chidananda 202

Fury: Vindicating Logocentricism as an Antidote to the Psychic Chaos and Civilizational Crisis / Sisir Kumar Chatterjee Chatterjee, Sisir Kumar 213

A Bunch of Clowns in the Global Circus: The Hapless Individual of Today in Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown / Sajal Kumar Bhartacharya Bhartacharya, Sajal Kumar 238

A Snapshot of Globalization: A Reading of The Enchantress of Florence / Pier Paolo Piciucco Piciucco, Pier Paolo 249

Exploring the Liminality of 'Reality' through Magic: Reading The Enchantress of Florence / Sisir Kumar Chatterjee Chatterjee, Sisir Kumar, Abbijit Gupta Gupta, Abbijit 263

Gaming with the Myths: Modalities of Formation of the Simulated Real in Luka and the Fire of Life / Samrat Laskar Laskar, Samrat 291

The Garden of Reason: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Days / Adam Perchard Perchard, Adam 302

Salman Rushdie: Readings of His Non-Fiction

A Moment in History: The Jaguar Smile / Siddhartha Biswas Biswas, Siddhartha 322

Salman Rushdie: On Homelands and the Imaginary / Subir Dhar Dhar, Subir 332

Two Lives-The Persecuted Author and the Free Man: A Reading of Salman Rushdie's Collective Non-Fiction Step across this Line / Sandip Ain Ain, Sandip 343

Memories, Memoir and Friction: Joseph Anton and Conflicts Within / Piyas Chakraborty Chakraborty, Piyas 354

Re-imagining the Magic: Perusing the Audio-Visual Representations Of Midnight's Children and Haroun and the Sea of Stories / Anindita Mitra Mitra, Anindita 365

Edit/or: The Choices of Rushdie / Debashis Lahiri Lahiri, Debashis 372.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9781443897846

1443897841

OCLC:

959330256

Publisher Number:

99969542220