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Asian and Western Writers in Dialogue

New Cultural Identities

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Guy Amirthanayagam

    1. East-West Center, Honolulu, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Literary and Cultural Roles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Literature and Cultural Knowledge

      • Guy Amirthanayagam
      Pages 3-12

    3. Notes Towards a Definition of International Culture

      • Malcolm Bradbury
      Pages 13-25

    4. Realisms, Occidental Style

      • Kenneth Burke
      Pages 26-47

    5. The Question of Exile

      • Leon Edel
      Pages 48-54

    6. Cultural Mis-readings by American Reviewers

      • Maxine Hong Kingston
      Pages 55-65

    7. The Search for an Identity: A Kannada Writer’s Viewpoint

      • U. R. Anantha Murthy
      Pages 66-78

    8. Literature in the Global Village: An Inquiry into Problems of Response

      • C. D. Narasimhaiah
      Pages 79-98

  3. Literary and National Identities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. New Epics of Cultural Convergence

      • Ikuko Atsumi
      Pages 101-114

    3. The Portable Pagoda: Asia and America in the Work of Gary Snyder

      • Reuel Denney
      Pages 115-136

    4. Two Readers and Their Texts

      • Nissim Ezekiel
      Pages 137-141

    5. Western Ideology and Eastern Forms of Fiction: The Case of Mulk Raj Anand

      • S. C. Harrex
      Pages 142-158

    6. Culture as History: The Filipino Soul

      • Nick Joaquin
      Pages 159-190

    7. The Quest for Self in Modern Korean Poetry

      • Peter Hacksoo Lee
      Pages 191-208

    8. Tradition Overturned: A Modern Literature in Sri Lanka

      • Ediriwira R. Sarachchandra
      Pages 209-220

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 221-223
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Editors and Affiliations

  • East-West Center, Honolulu, USA

    Guy Amirthanayagam

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Asian and Western Writers in Dialogue

  • Book Subtitle: New Cultural Identities

  • Editors: Guy Amirthanayagam

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04940-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Guy Amirthanayagam 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-27341-8Published: 25 August 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-04942-4Published: 01 January 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04940-0Published: 26 August 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 223

  • Topics: Postcolonial/World Literature

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