Salman Rushdie: Fictions of Postcolonial Modernity (New British Fiction) [Paperback]

Stephen Morton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403997012 | ISBN-13: 978-1403997012 | Publication Date: February 5, 2008 | Edition: First Edition

Providing an introduction to the work of Salman Rushdie, Stephen Morton places his fiction in a clear historical, critical and theoretical context. He explores Rushdie's biography, the histories of migration, decolonization and nationalism that inform his major works, and his relevance to contemporary culture. Including a timeline of key dates, this study offers an accessible reading of Rushdie's work and an overview of the varied critical reception this has provoked.

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About the Author

STEPHEN MORTON is Lecturer in Anglophone Literature and Culture at the University of Southampton, UK. He has taught Rushdie in the UK and in Finland and is author of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Routledge 2002).

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (February 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403997012
• ISBN-13: 978-1403997012
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,316,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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