| History, Narrative, and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction Contributor(s): Sankaran, Chitra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438441800 ISBN-13: 9781438441801 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |