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BL
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874339
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| Main Entry
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Kluwick, Ursula.
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| Title & Author
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Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie?s Fiction.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken :: Taylor & Francis,, 2011.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
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1 online resource (251 pages).
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0203134133
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: 9780203134139
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0415897785 (acid-free paper)
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9780415897785 (acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie's Fiction; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Defining Magic Realism: Historical and Theoretical Foundations; 2 Making Magic Realistic: The Realist Code; 3 Making Realism Magic: The Supernatural Code; 4 Verbal Magic: The Poetics of Ambivalence; 5 Of Beasts and Houris: Rushdie's Magic Realist Characters; 6 Juicy Mangos, Sexy Spices: Magic Realism and the Strategies of Exoticist Discourse; 7 Magic Realism and the Politics of Ambivalence; 8 Conclusion: A New Trend?; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
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| Abstract
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Kluwick breaks new ground in this book, moving away from Rushdie studies that focus on his status as postcolonial or postmodern, and instead considering the significance of magic realism in his fiction. Rushdie's magic realism, in fact, lies at the heart of his engagement with the post/colonial. In a departure from conventional descriptions of magic realism--based primarily on the Latin-American tradition--Kluwick here proposes an alternative definition, allowing for a more accurate description of the form. She argues that it is disharmony, rather than harmony, that is decisive: that the incom.
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Rushdie, Salman-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Rushdie, Salman.
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Magic realism (Literature)-- History and criticism.
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Magic realism (Literature)
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| Dewey Classification
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823.92
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PR6068.U757Z726 2011
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