V. S. Naipaul, Man and Writer

V. S. Naipaul, Man and Writer

  • Autor: Dooley, Gillian
  • Editor: University of South Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9781570035876
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781611178869
  • eISBN Epub: 9781611178869
  • Lugar de publicación:  South Carolina , Estados Unidos
  • Año de publicación digital: 2017
  • Mes: Febrero
  • Idioma: Ingles

An introduction to the uncompromising artistic vision of the internationally acclaimed writer

A survey of the life and work of the 2001 Nobel Laureate for Literature, V. S. Naipaul, Man and Writer introduces readers to the writer widely viewed as a curmudgeonly novelist who finds special satisfaction in overturning the vogue presuppositions of his peers. Gillian Dooley takes an expansive look at Naipaul's literary career, from Miguel Street to Magic Seeds. From readings of his fiction, nonfiction, travel books, and volumes of letters, she elucidates the connections between Naipaul's personal experiences as a Hindu Indian from Trinidad living an expatriate life and the precise, euphonious prose with which he is synonymous.

Dooley assesses each of Naipaul's major publications in light of his stated intentions and beliefs, and she traces the development of his writing style over a forty-year career. Devoting separate chapters to three of his chief works, A House for Mr. Biswas, In a Free State, and The Enigma of Arrival, she analyzes their critical reception and the primacy of Naipaul's specific narrative style and voice. Dooley emphasizes that it is, above all, Naipaul's refusal to compromise his vision in order to flatter or appease that has made him a controversial writer. At the same time she sees the integrity with which he reports his subjective response to the world as essential to the lasting success of his work.

  • Cover
  • V. S. NAIPAUL, MAN AND WRITER
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 “Apprentice Pieces”: Miguel Street, The Mystic Masseur, and The Suffrage of Elvira
  • 3 Fiction versus Nonfiction: A House for Mr Biswas
  • 4 The Journeys Begin: The Middle Passage, An Area of Darkness, and The Loss of El Dorado
  • 5 Branching Out: Mr Stone and the Knights Companion, The Mimic Men, and A Flag on the Island
  • 6 Finding the Correct Form: In a Free State
  • 7 Sex and Violence: Guerrillas and A Bend in the River
  • 8 Investigations Abroad: Middle-Period Nonfiction
  • 9 A Definition of the Writing Self: The Enigma of Arrival
  • 10 Capturing the Reality: Later Travel Books
  • 11 Three Novels: A Way in the World, Half a Life, and Magic Seeds
  • 12 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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