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R. K. Narayan by Geoffrey Kain

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R. K. Narayan

Contemporary Critical Essays

Geoffrey Kain

Michigan State University Press · Print & ebook · December 31, 1993

Reading lane: Indic Literary Criticism

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Reading lane: Indic Literary Criticism and African Literary Criticism.Publisher: Michigan State University Press.

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Authors
Geoffrey Kain
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Published
December 31, 1993
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Indic Literary Criticism · African Literary Criticism
Reading lane
Indic Literary Criticism

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  • Middle Eastern Literary Criticism

About This Book

This collection of eighteen essays is the first major work to evaluate the contributions of India's foremost literary figure writing in English, R. K. Narayan. His fourteen novels and nine volumes of short stories are centered almost exclusively in the fictional south-Indian town, Malgudi. Narayan, who began to acquire an international reputation in the second half of this century, reveals the India of his experience by focusing on the details of the lives of the characters...

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This collection of eighteen essays is the first major work to evaluate the contributions of India's foremost literary figure writing in English, R. K. Narayan. His fourteen novels and nine volumes of short stories are centered almost exclusively in the fictional south-Indian town, Malgudi. Narayan, who began to acquire an international reputation in the second half of this century, reveals the India of his experience by focusing on the details of the lives of the characters who live in this complex community. Representative of the general field of Narayan criticism, Contemporary Critical Essays provides a balanced assessment, but also contains new interpretations of Narayan's work that are drawn from the latest developments in literary theory, feminist and cultural studies, as well as investigations into the implications of colonization and decolonization. As a result, these essays offer fresh insights, explore new directions, and reveal the nuances of an established literary criticism. Read more

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