Affective disorders : emotion in colonial and postcolonial literature /
Affective Disorders explores the significance of emotion in a range of colonial and postcolonial narratives. Through close readings of Naguib Mahfouz, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Upamanyu Chatterjee, among others, Bede Scott argues that literary representations of emotion need not be interpr...
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| Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Postcolonialism across the disciplines ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Anger : Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley
- Reticence : Vikram Seth's A suitable boy
- Jealousy : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis' Dom Casmurro
- Boredom : Upamanyu Chatterjee's English, August : an Indian story
- Fear : Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost
- Stuplimity : Vikram Chandra's Sacred games.