Salman Rushdie

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Teverson is Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University Klappentext In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Zusammenfassung In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie’s fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Contexts and intertexts2. From science fiction to history: Grimus and Midnight's Children3. Tragedy in Shame4. Satire in The Satanic Verses5. Pessoptimistic fictions: Haroun and the Sea of Stories and The Moor's Last Sigh6. The pop novel in the age of globalisation: The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fury7. Critical overview and conclusionAfterword: Shalimar the Clown

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Teverson
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780719070518
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7051-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Contemporary World Writers; Contemporary World Writers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies