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Summary:

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. By focusing on the under-considered influence of the authors' own travel writing on their later work, this book bridges two critical fields: travel writing and transnational literary studies. This results in a unique approach that interrogates both areas of study, while also complementing existing criticism on all four authors. Through an analysis of the links between their travel writing and later literature, Travel Writing and the Transnational Author re-considers what it means to travel, write, and exist as a contemporary transnational individual. Each chapter contains an in-depth analysis of selected texts - both early travelogues and later transnational literature - and the introduction gives background on the politics and poetics of the authors alongside a well-informed overview of topics such as postcolonial and travel writing studies. --Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I Travelling Out
• 1. Michael Ondaatje: The ̀Prodigal
• Foreigner', Reconstruction, and Transnational Boundaries
• 2. Vikram Seth: The Performing Wanderer and Transnational Disintegration
• pt. II Travelling On
• 3. Amitav Ghosh: Uncertain Translation and Transnational Confusion
• 4. Salman Rushdie: Political Dualities and Imperial Transnationalisms.

Author/Creator:

Knowles, Sam , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Travel writing and the transnational author [by Knowles, S.]

Subjects:

Travelers' writings, English — History and criticism

English prose literature — 20th century — History and criticism

English prose literature — 21st century — History and criticism

Literature and transnationalism

Travel in literature

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- — Criticism and interpretation

Seth, Vikram, 1952- — Criticism and interpretation

Ghosh, Amitav, 1956- — Criticism and interpretation

Rushdie, Salman — Criticism and interpretation

General Notes:

Introduction : travel writing and transnationalism -- part 1. Travelling out. Michael Ondaatje : the 'prodigal-foreigner', reconstruction, and transnational boundaries ; Vikram Seth : the performing wanderer and transnational disintegration -- part 2. Travelling on. Amitav Ghosh : uncertain translation and transnational confusion ; Salman Rushdie : political dualities and imperial transnationalisms -- Conclusion : transnational literature on the move.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

PR756.T72 K58 2014eb

ISBNs:

9781137332462 (electronic bk.)
1137332468 (electronic bk.)
9781137332455 [Invalid]
113733245X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

895028241

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1880180 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11699504