Exploring magic realism in Salman Rushdie's fiction
By: Ursula Kluwick
Series: Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature -- 23
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415897785; 9780203134139
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Magic realism (Literature)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining magic realism: historical and theoretical foundations; title: Making magic realistic: the realist code; title: Making realism magic: the supernatural code; title: Verbal magic: the poetics of ambivalence; title: Of beasts and houris: Rushdie's magic realist characters; title: Juicy mangos, sexy spices: magic realism and the strategies of exoticist discourse; title: Magic realism and the politics of ambivalence; title: Conclusion: a new trend.