History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Comprehensive overview of the work of Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh.This is the first collection of international scholarship on the fiction of Amitav Ghosh. Ghosh's work is read by a wide audience and is well regarded by general readers, critics, and scholars throughout the world. Born in India, Ghosh has lived in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His work spans genres from contemporary realism to historical fiction to science fiction, but has consistently dealt with the dislocations, violence, and meetings of peoples and cultures engendered by colonialism.The essays in this volume analyze Ghosh's novels in ways that yield new insights into concepts central to postcolonial and transnational studies, making important intertextual connections and foregrounding links to prevailing theoretical and speculative scholarship. The work's introduction argues that irony is central to Ghosh's vision and discusses the importance of the concepts of "testimony" and "history" to Ghosh's narratives. An invaluable interview with Amitav Ghosh discusses individual works and the author's overall philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-04-01
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438441818

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Chronological BioprofileIntroduction: Beyond Borders and BoundariesChitra Sankaran1. Diasporic Predicaments: An Interview with Amitav GhoshChitra Sankaran2. Unlikely Encounters: Fiction and Scientific Discourse in the Novels of Amitav GhoshLou Ratté3. The Glass Palace: Reconnecting Two DiasporasNandini Bhautoo-Dewnarain4. Resignifying "Coolie": Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass PalaceShanthini Pillai5. The Girmitiyas’ Journey in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of PoppiesRajesh Rai and Andrea Marion Pinkney6. Shadows and Mysteries: Illusions of Imagined Communities in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow LinesCrystal Taylor7. Amitav Ghosh’s "Imagined Communities": The Hungry Tide as a Possible "Other" WorldFederica Zullo8. Sharing Landscapes and Mindscapes: Ethics and Aesthetics in Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta ChromosomeChitra Sankaran9. Language and Ethics in The Hungry Tide by Amitav GhoshTuomas Huttunen10. Ghosh, Language, and The Hungry TideIsmail S. Talib11. Intertexuality in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry TideShao-Pin Luo12. "Dwelling in Travel": In An Antique Land and the Making of a Resisting Post-Colonial HistoryTammy Vernerey13. The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery—A Tour de Force Transcending GenresRuby S. Ramraj14. Inner Circles and the Voice of the Shuttle: Native Forms and Narrative Structure in Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of ReasonRobbie B. H. GohList of ContributorsIndex