
V.S.Naipaul
Bruce King(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 24. February 1993
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-333-51699-7 (ISBN)
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Description
This is a user-friendly introduction to the novels and the non-fiction of V.S. Naipaul that will be of interest both to the student and to the specialist. It examines the language, structure, themes and development of Naipaul's writing, setting the novels in their autobiographical, philosophical, social and political, colonial and post-colonial contexts. Attention is given to Naipaul's existentialism, relationship to his literary models, use of Indian philosophy and vision of the Indian diaspora. Naipaul is shown to use similar formal literary structures and to have recurring themes and preoccupations during the four distinctive periods of his writing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Weight
353 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51699-7 (9780333516997)
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Content
General Editor's Preface - Introduction - Miguel Street, The Mystic Masseur and The Suffrage of Elvira - A House for Mr.Biswas and The Middle Passage - Mr.Stone and the Knights Companion and An Area of Darkness - A Flag on the Island, The Mimic Men and The Loss of El Dorado - In a Free State - The Overcrowded Barracoon, 'Michael X' and Guerrillas - 'A New King for the Congo' and A Bend in the River - Finding the Centre, The Enigma of Arrival, A Turn in the South and India: A Million Mutinies - Appendix A; Naipaul's Family, A House for Mr.Biswas and The Mimic Men - Appendix B; Naipaul, Trinidad and Africa - Notes - Selected Bibliography - Index