Travel Writing and the Transnational Author

ISBN-13: 9781137332455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 244 str.

Sam Knowles

Opis

Travel Writing and the Transnational Author explores the travel writing and transnational literature of four authors from the 'postcolonial canon': Michael Ondaatje, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, and Salman Rushdie.

Recenzje

"This is a vital, and vibrant, study. It will help enrich not just travel writing studies, but indeed open up a much needed discourse and vocabulary on transnational literature as well as the muddled ground of crossovers between fiction and non-fiction. The interdisciplinary readings are superb and the author successfully presents a series of highly engaging and thoughtful readings of the works in question." - Rune Graulund, University of Southern Denmark

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction: Travel Writing and Transnationalism PART I: TRAVELLING OUT 1. Michael Ondaatje: The 'Prodigal–Foreigner', Reconstruction, and Transnational Boundaries 2. Vikram Seth: The Performing Wanderer and Transnational Disintegration PART II: TRAVELLING ON 3. Amitav Ghosh: Uncertain Translation and Transnational Confusion 4. Salman Rushdie: Political Dualities and Imperial Transnationalisms Conclusion: Transnational Literature On the Move Bibliography Index?

O autorze

Sam Knowles specialises in the study of postcolonial literatures and cultures, content and form in transnational literature, the recent history of the Indian subcontinent, and the intersections of graphic novel form and postcolonial representation. He has published articles and chapters in all of these areas.