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What Is a Classic?
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IndexAbrams, M. H.: on dramatic monologues, 171Achebe, Chinua, 116, 119; and Conrad, 52–53, 63, 95–96, 217; An Image of Africa, 95–96; Things Fall Apart, 96Ackroyd, Peter, 224n6; T. S. Eliot, 32, 36Adelman, Janet, 204Adhya (Addy), Baisnab Caran, 193–94, 209Adiga, Aravind, 175, 181; The White Tiger, 161, 164–69, 172, 173, 177, 178affiliation vs. filiation, 30, 55, 117–18, 223n4Agamben, Giorgio: on human freedom, 176; The Open: Man and Animal, 175–76Ahmad, Aijaz: on capitalism, 160, 232n16; on English language, 147; on excess of belonging, 160, 232n16; on Roy’s God of Small Things, 157Ajayi, Ade: on Omotoso, 132Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women, 140Ali, Ahmed: Twilight in Delhi, 155; use of English by, 154–55Ali, Monica: Brick Lane, 160; use of English b y, 160alternative canons, 9–13, 18–19, 21–22, 45, 113, 115–16, 153Altieri, Charles: on canon formation, 6–7, 42; “Idea and Ideal,” 6–7; on ideological overdeterminations, 42; on Kermode, 44; on literature about literature, 127Anam, Tahmima, 232n15; A Golden Age, 159–60Anand, Mulk Raj, 154, 155Anderson, Benedict, 116, 126Andri?, Ivo, 3Angelou, Maya, 224n3Angoor, 209, 210anticolonialism, 115, 126, 127, 132, 150–51anxiety of influence, 19, 20, 96, 137, 215Apocalypse Now, 95Appadurai, Arjun, 42; on delocalised transnations, 161Appiah, Anthony, 148Apter, Emily, 106, 172; Continental Drift, 19; on marketing of Third World difference, 161–62; The Translation Zone, 19Arabic literature: hakawati style, 123Arac, Jonathan: on English language, 144Aravamudan, Srinivas, 155arguings vs. arguments, 214–15Armstrong, Isobel, 170Arnold, Matthew, 29, 40, 41, 225n9Ashbery, John, 81Ashcroft, Bill: The Empire Writes Back, 115–16, 220Attridge, Derek: on allegory, 230n5; on arguments vs. arguings, 214–15; on canonization, 39; Semicolonial Joyce, 126, 230n4Attwell, David: on Coetzee, 128Atwood, Margaret, 116, 119; The Blind Assassin, 28; and Booker Prize, 28Auden, W. H., 1, 56, 80Austen, Jane, 119, 230n4Bach, Richard: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, 175Bakhtin, Mikhail, 106Baldwin, James, 224n3Ballantyne, R. M., 128Bambara, Toni Cade, 224n3Bandopadhyay, Gurudas, 186–87Bandopadhyay, Shamik, 201Bangladesh: Bengali in, 151; contemporary novels in, 22; English language in, 151; Muktijuddho/Liberation War, 159Bankim Chandra. See Chattopadhyay, Bankim Chandra
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IndexAbrams, M. H.: on dramatic monologues, 171Achebe, Chinua, 116, 119; and Conrad, 52–53, 63, 95–96, 217; An Image of Africa, 95–96; Things Fall Apart, 96Ackroyd, Peter, 224n6; T. S. Eliot, 32, 36Adelman, Janet, 204Adhya (Addy), Baisnab Caran, 193–94, 209Adiga, Aravind, 175, 181; The White Tiger, 161, 164–69, 172, 173, 177, 178affiliation vs. filiation, 30, 55, 117–18, 223n4Agamben, Giorgio: on human freedom, 176; The Open: Man and Animal, 175–76Ahmad, Aijaz: on capitalism, 160, 232n16; on English language, 147; on excess of belonging, 160, 232n16; on Roy’s God of Small Things, 157Ajayi, Ade: on Omotoso, 132Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women, 140Ali, Ahmed: Twilight in Delhi, 155; use of English by, 154–55Ali, Monica: Brick Lane, 160; use of English b y, 160alternative canons, 9–13, 18–19, 21–22, 45, 113, 115–16, 153Altieri, Charles: on canon formation, 6–7, 42; “Idea and Ideal,” 6–7; on ideological overdeterminations, 42; on Kermode, 44; on literature about literature, 127Anam, Tahmima, 232n15; A Golden Age, 159–60Anand, Mulk Raj, 154, 155Anderson, Benedict, 116, 126Andri?, Ivo, 3Angelou, Maya, 224n3Angoor, 209, 210anticolonialism, 115, 126, 127, 132, 150–51anxiety of influence, 19, 20, 96, 137, 215Apocalypse Now, 95Appadurai, Arjun, 42; on delocalised transnations, 161Appiah, Anthony, 148Apter, Emily, 106, 172; Continental Drift, 19; on marketing of Third World difference, 161–62; The Translation Zone, 19Arabic literature: hakawati style, 123Arac, Jonathan: on English language, 144Aravamudan, Srinivas, 155arguings vs. arguments, 214–15Armstrong, Isobel, 170Arnold, Matthew, 29, 40, 41, 225n9Ashbery, John, 81Ashcroft, Bill: The Empire Writes Back, 115–16, 220Attridge, Derek: on allegory, 230n5; on arguments vs. arguings, 214–15; on canonization, 39; Semicolonial Joyce, 126, 230n4Attwell, David: on Coetzee, 128Atwood, Margaret, 116, 119; The Blind Assassin, 28; and Booker Prize, 28Auden, W. H., 1, 56, 80Austen, Jane, 119, 230n4Bach, Richard: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, 175Bakhtin, Mikhail, 106Baldwin, James, 224n3Ballantyne, R. M., 128Bambara, Toni Cade, 224n3Bandopadhyay, Gurudas, 186–87Bandopadhyay, Shamik, 201Bangladesh: Bengali in, 151; contemporary novels in, 22; English language in, 151; Muktijuddho/Liberation War, 159Bankim Chandra. See Chattopadhyay, Bankim Chandra
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1. The Question of the Classic 25
  6. Part 2. Repetition, Invention 109
  7. Postscript: The Why of the What 214
  8. Notes 223
  9. Bibliography 239
  10. Index 259
  11. Cultural Memory in the Present 273
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1. The Question of the Classic 25
  6. Part 2. Repetition, Invention 109
  7. Postscript: The Why of the What 214
  8. Notes 223
  9. Bibliography 239
  10. Index 259
  11. Cultural Memory in the Present 273
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