Screen LibraryAuthority and authorship in V.S. Naipaul
"In this sharp and subtle book, Coovadia demonstrates that V.S. Naipaul's authority as an interpreter of non-Western societies is built on a set of literary devices, such as the 'cold joke,' that pre-empt humanitarian fellow-feeling and help the reader laugh along with Naipaul at...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230622463 |
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"In this sharp and subtle book, Coovadia demonstrates that V.S. Naipaul's authority as an interpreter of non-Western societies is built on a set of literary devices, such as the 'cold joke,' that pre-empt humanitarian fellow-feeling and help the reader laugh along with Naipaul at post-colonial suffering. In a series of brilliant close readings of his books on the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, India, and the Muslim world, Coovadia helps us understand one of the great rhetorical achievements of contemporary literature: Naipaul's success in making his anti-liberal prejudices seem not just plau |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 192 p. |
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9780230615359 9780230622463 : 0230622461 : |
| CLC: | I561.074 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Authorship and Authority * Authority and Misquotation * The Cold Joke * Naipaul and the Black Power Killings in Trinidad * Naipaul and the Muslims * Naipaul and the Uses of South Africa. |