London Calling : V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin.
Nixon, Rob.
London Calling : V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (240 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Naipaul's Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. The License of Exile -- 2. Naipaul and the Traditions of Travel -- 3. At the Generic Crossroads: Travel Writing, Ethnography, and Autobiography -- 4. Preparations for Travel: Naipaul's Conradian Atavism -- 5. The Terms of Dismissal: 'Barbarism,' 'Primitivism,' and 'Simple Societies' -- 6. 'Mimicry,' 'Parasitism,' and Resistance -- Conclusion: A Kinder, Gentler Naipaul? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
9780195361964
Authors, Trinidadian--Biography--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR9272.9.N32Z795 199
823/.914
London Calling : V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (240 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Naipaul's Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. The License of Exile -- 2. Naipaul and the Traditions of Travel -- 3. At the Generic Crossroads: Travel Writing, Ethnography, and Autobiography -- 4. Preparations for Travel: Naipaul's Conradian Atavism -- 5. The Terms of Dismissal: 'Barbarism,' 'Primitivism,' and 'Simple Societies' -- 6. 'Mimicry,' 'Parasitism,' and Resistance -- Conclusion: A Kinder, Gentler Naipaul? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
9780195361964
Authors, Trinidadian--Biography--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PR9272.9.N32Z795 199
823/.914