3 options
History, narrative, and testimony in Amitav Ghosh's fiction / edited by Chitra Sankaran.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and history.
- Indic literature (English)--20th century--History and criticism.
- Indic literature (English).
- Ghosh, Amitav--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ghosh, Amitav.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Comprehensive overview of the work of Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh.
- Contents:
- History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction
- History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction
- Contents
- Chronological Bioprofile
- Introduction: Beyond Borders and Boundaries
- 1. Diasporic Predicaments: An Interview with Amitav Ghosh
- 2. Unlikely Encounters: Fiction and Scientific Discourse in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh
- 3. The Glass Palace: Reconnecting Two Diasporas
- 4. Resignifying "Coolie": Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace
- 5. The Girmitiyas' Journey in Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies
- 6. Shadows and Mysteries: Illusions of Imagined Communities in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines
- 7. Amitav Ghosh's "Imagined Communities": The Hungry Tide as a Possible "Other" World
- 8. Sharing Landscapes and Mindscapes: Ethics and Aesthetics in Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome
- 9. Language and Ethics in The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
- 10. Ghosh, Language, and The Hungry Tide
- 11. Intertexuality in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide
- 12. "Dwelling in Travel": In An Antique Land and the Making of a Resisting Post-Colonial History
- 13. The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery: A Tour de Force Transcending Genres
- 14. Inner Circles and the Voice of the Shuttle: Native Forms and Narrative Structure in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438441825
- 1438441827
- 9781461905370
- 1461905370
- OCLC:
- 784947996
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.