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Author Harrison, James, 1927-

Title Salman Rushdie / by James Harrison
Published New York : Twayne Publishers ; [1992]
New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1992]
©1992
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 148 pages) : illustrations
Series Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 488
Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 488
Summary Born in India but raised and educated in England, Salman Rushdie brings to his fiction a unique awareness of cultural difference and conflict. His complex, buoyant style, first recognized internationally with the Booker Prize-winning Midnight's Children (1981), has brought him to the forefront of postmodern literature. The political and religious controversy Rushdie's satiric work often generated exploded into open hostility when The Satanic Verses was published in 1988. James Harrison's lively study of Salman Rushdie argues that, in experimenting with different prose styles and narrative modes, as well as in his use of plot, satire, parody, and intrusive authorial commentary, Rushdie expresses his preference for a world of multiplicity, flexibility, and tolerance. Through a close analysis of the major fiction, including Grimus (1975), Shame (1983), and the irresistibly entertaining children's book Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990), Harrison clearly shows Rushdie's opposition throughout his work to religious fundamentalist thought as a political force. Harrison discusses the relationship between Rushdie's life and work, analyzes all the novels and perceptively and sympathetically assesses the writer's conflict with Muslim and Hindu religious authorities. This invaluable study provides a much needed insight into Salman Rushdie's writings and the exception that has been taken to them by Muslim fundamentalists
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Salman Rushdie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-144) and index
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Subject Rushdie, Salman -- Criticism and interpretation.
SUBJECT Rushdie, Salman, (1947- ...) ram
Rushdie, Salman. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00063803
Subject Islam and literature.
Critique et interprétation.
Islam and literature.
Islam et littérature.
Literature.
Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) -- Histoire et critique -- 19e siècle.
Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) -- Histoire et critique -- 20e siècle.
SUBJECT India -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104409
Subject India.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91030673
ISBN 0805747915
9780805747911