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Author Biswas, Sravani, author

Title R.K. Narayan's Malgudi milieu : a sensitive world of grotesque realism / by Sravani Biswas
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 194 pages)
Contents Intro; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Narayan and the Indian Middle Classes; Structures of the Polemic; Subversion of the Heroic; Narayan's Open-Ended Novels; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book projects R.K. Narayan as a writer who, unlike many of his contemporaries was able to address his times and country of birth without giving in to the ruling influences of certain ideologies which made the works of many of his peers monologic, and even pedagogic. It underscores the influence of colonial capitalism in India and the advent of a new and strange class of people who responded to the market economy with gusto. The book also shows how Narayan's approach is ethical in nature without being harsh on the people he critiques. Through the application of Bakhtin's theories, Narayan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 5, 2019)
Subject Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001 fast
Subject Malgudi (India : Imaginary place)
Indic fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Indic fiction (English)
Malgudi (India : Imaginary place)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781527527218
1527527212