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Book SynopsisRobert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His previous publications include Doing English: A Guide for Literature Students.
Martin McQuillan is Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Kingston University, UK, and Co-Director of the London Graduate School.
Trade ReviewRobert Eaglestone and Martin McQuillan’s collection of essays on Rushdie attempts to rethink his work with respect to postcolonialism, postmodernism, and what Eaglestone identifies as the paradoxical in Rushdie’s work. [The book features] a useful chronology and further reading section. * The Year's Work in English Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface
Kenan Malik \ Series Editors' Preface \ Contributors \ General Introduction
Robert Eaglestone and Martin MacQuillan \ 1. Rushdie's Early Fiction and the Rise of Postcolonialism
Ellie Byrne \ 2. Revisiting
The Satanic Verses: The Fatwa and its Legacies
Anshuman Mondal \ 3. Rushdie after 9/11
Martin MacQuillan \ 4. Salman Rushdie and the Post-Colonial Folk and Fairy Tale
Andrew Teverson \ 5. Interview:
Homi Bhabha with Robert Eaglestone and Martin McQuillan \ 6. Postcolonial Secularism and Literary Form in Salman Rushdie's Fiction
Stephen Morton \ 7. The Authentic in Salman Rushdie
Robert Eaglestone \ 8. Rushdie Writing and Rewriting the Canon
Ankhi Mukerjee \ 9. Rushdie's Non-fiction
Daniel O'Gorman \ Further Reading \ Index
