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- catalog abstract "Satire plays a prominent and often controversial role in postcolonial fiction. Satire and the Postcolonial Novel offers the first study of this topic, employing the insights of postcolonial comparative theories to revisit Western formulations of "satire" and the "satiric." Through the varying lenses provided by satire's relation to irony, allegory, narrative, and the grotesque, this book offers new readings of important novels by V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad), Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) and Salman Rushdie (India. It presents a detailed study of the complex and multidirectional ways satire has engaged with the history and messy aftermath of empire.".
- catalog alternative "Satire and the postcolonial novel".
- catalog contributor b12908410.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "1. Theories of satire and postcolonialism -- 2. "The old enemy. And also the new" -- 3. "In all fairness" -- 4. "Pessoptimism."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index.".
- catalog description "Satire plays a prominent and often controversial role in postcolonial fiction. Satire and the Postcolonial Novel offers the first study of this topic, employing the insights of postcolonial comparative theories to revisit Western formulations of "satire" and the "satiric." Through the varying lenses provided by satire's relation to irony, allegory, narrative, and the grotesque, this book offers new readings of important novels by V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad), Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) and Salman Rushdie (India. It presents a detailed study of the complex and multidirectional ways satire has engaged with the history and messy aftermath of empire.".
- catalog extent "x, 213 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415965934 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Literary criticism and cultural theory".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "823/.91409358 21".
- catalog subject "Achebe, Chinua Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Commonwealth fiction (English) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PR888.S3 B35 2003".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Rushdie, Salman Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Satire, English History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Theories of satire and postcolonialism -- 2. "The old enemy. And also the new" -- 3. "In all fairness" -- 4. "Pessoptimism."".
- catalog title "Satire & the postcolonial novel : V.S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie / John Clement Ball.".
- catalog title "Satire and the postcolonial novel".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".