This essay analyzes the particular relationship between a postcolonial novel written by A Ghosh and the novel written by Conrad which appears as a parent text. The paper demonstrates that this somewhat ambiguous relationship is typical in the wider context of the postcolonial re-writings.

Conrad's "The Shadow-Line" and Ghosh's "The Shadow Lines": A Comparative Analysis of the Politics of Colonialist and Postcolonial Fictions

PICIUCCO, Pier Paolo
2009-01-01

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This essay analyzes the particular relationship between a postcolonial novel written by A Ghosh and the novel written by Conrad which appears as a parent text. The paper demonstrates that this somewhat ambiguous relationship is typical in the wider context of the postcolonial re-writings.
2009
I, 1
59
73
Conrad; Ghosh; postcolonial literature; travel literature
Pier Paolo Piciucco
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