V.s. Naipaul, Caribbean Writing, and Caribbean Thought

Combining an intellectual biography of V.S. Naipaul with a history of cultural thought in the postcolonial Caribbean, this book gives a revisionary portrait of one of the great authors of the twentieth century, and tells an insightful and compelling story about the evolution of Caribbean ideas.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: A House for Mr Biswas and the Theory of the West Indian Novel


• 2: The Loss of El Dorado and 'Colonial' Historiography


• 3: Caribbean Eyes: V.S. Naipaul and Other Traditions of Travel


• Conclusion

About the author

William Ghosh is an Associate Professor of World Literatures in English at Christ Church, University of Oxford.

Summary

Combining an intellectual biography of V.S. Naipaul with a history of cultural thought in the postcolonial Caribbean, this book gives a revisionary portrait of one of the great authors of the twentieth century, and tells an insightful and compelling story about the evolution of Caribbean ideas.

Additional text

It is not an easy task to write anything new about an author as well known as V. S. Naipaul, [...] yet I find that Ghosh has managed to tease out a number of ways in which to do just that. Not only does Ghosh resituate Naipaul's writing as a major contributory factor to many of the views on colonization held by Caribbean intellectuals, he also shows that Naipaul's whole body of work can be read as a genuine attempt to 'redefine these communities, and their postcolonial experiences'.

Product details

• Authors: William Ghosh, William (Associate Professor of World Liter Ghosh
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2020
• EAN: 9780198861102
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886110-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Oxford English Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Caribbean islands, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: postcolonial literature