Nivedita Misra

V. S. Naipaul of Trinidad

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book collects material from local critics, newspapers and interviews to present V. S. Naipaul in new light as a â true blueâ Trinidadian writer. The book foregrounds Naipaulâ s deep connections not only with the land of his birth but with its literary and historical heritage and its peoples.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781839989193
• ISBN-10: 183998919X
• Artikelnr.: 67452005

Autorenporträt

Nivedita Misra is a scholar of literature and diaspora in the Caribbean.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Early Fiction of the 1950s: The Trinidad Years The Mystic Masseur
The Suffrage of Elvira
Miguel Street
A House for Mr Biswas
Chapter 2: The Interloper in Travel Writing: The Middle Passage
An Area of Darkness
Chapter 3: Mimicry and Experiments of the 1960s: Mr Stone and the Knights Companion
A Flag on the Island
The Mimic Men
The Loss of El Dorado
Chapter 4: Displacement Across Borders in the 1970s,  4.1 The Booker Prize and the Black Power Movement  & 4.2  In a Free State
 The Return of Eva Perón, with The Killings in Trinidad
Guerrillas
India: A Wounded Civilisation
A Bend in the River
Chapter 5: The Imperial Vision of the 1980s: Among the Believers
Finding the Centre
The Enigma of Arrival
A Turn in the South
Chapter 6: Redemptive Journeys in the 1990s: India: A Million Mutinies Now
A Way in the World
Beyond Belief
Letters between a Father and Son
Chapter 7: Composing again in the 2000s: Half A Life
Magic Seeds
A Writer's People
The Masque of Africa
Conclusions
Works Cited