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      Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things: A Routledge Study Guide

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      Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this guide to Roy's novel offers an introduction to the text and contexts of "The God of Small Things". It also presents a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text. It is aimed at those beginning deta...

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      Product ID:9780415358439
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Routledge Guides to Literature
      Title:Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
      Subtitle:A Routledge Study Guide
      Authors:Author: Alex Tickell
      Page Count:200
      Subjects:Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Literary studies: post-colonial literature
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this guide to Roy's novel offers an introduction to the text and contexts of "The God of Small Things". It also presents a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text. It is aimed at those beginning detailed study of "The God of Small Things".

      On publication Arundhati Roy''s first novel The God of Small Things (1997) rapidly became an international bestseller, winning the Booker Prize and creating a new space for Indian literature and culture within the arts, even as it courted controversy and divided critical opinion.

      This guide to Roy’s ground-breaking novel offers:

      • an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The God of Small Things
      • a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present
      • a selection of new essays and reprinted critical essays by Padmini Mongia, Aijaz Ahmad, Brinda Bose, Anna Clarke, Émilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas and Alex Tickell on The God of Small Things, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section
      • cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
      • suggestions for further reading.

      Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of The God of Small Things and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Roy''s text.


      Imprint Name:Routledge
      Publisher Name:Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2007-02-26

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      Weight254 g
      Dimensions216 × 139 × 15 mm