Journey Through Darkness: The Writing of V.S. NaipaulStudie over het werk van de West-Indische schrijver Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (9132- ). |
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Page 127
... took possession of Trinidad , but Berrio could not use the slave - trading against him : " He could be handled on- ly in the way of the Indies , where the law was to be obeyed but not always followed . This was possible because each ...
... took possession of Trinidad , but Berrio could not use the slave - trading against him : " He could be handled on- ly in the way of the Indies , where the law was to be obeyed but not always followed . This was possible because each ...
Page 131
... took the wrong box ( LED 138 ) . " Absurdity " is one of the key words of The Loss of El Dorado . The history that Naipaul writes is of one absurdity after another , from the search for a golden city no one has seen but everyone ...
... took the wrong box ( LED 138 ) . " Absurdity " is one of the key words of The Loss of El Dorado . The history that Naipaul writes is of one absurdity after another , from the search for a golden city no one has seen but everyone ...
Page 222
... took the existence of national wealth for granted ; he took the expansion of his society for granted ; he had an eye only for what was still unjust in that society " ( AB 59 ) . The societies he visits also have colonial histories ...
... took the existence of national wealth for granted ; he took the expansion of his society for granted ; he had an eye only for what was still unjust in that society " ( AB 59 ) . The societies he visits also have colonial histories ...
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accept achieve African Area of Darkness attempt aware become believe Bend Biswas Biswas's Black Power Bobby chaos characters colonial corruption culture discovers Dorado dream El Dorado English European experience failure fantasy father fear feel Finding the Centre Ganesh George Lamming Guerrillas Hindu House human identity individual Islam island Jimmy Jimmy's journey Knights Companion London Loss Malik metropolis Middle Passage Miguel Street Mimic Mimic Men MimM Miranda Mystic Masseur Naipaul seems Naipaul's fiction Naipaul's writing narrator Negro never nonfiction novel novelist offer past political portrays postcolonial racial Ralegh Ralph Singh readers reality relationship reveals River Roche Salim Santosh satire seeks Seepersad Naipaul sense slave social society Spanish Stone story Suffrage of Elvira suggests theme things tion Trinidad Trinidadian truth Tulsis understanding V. S. Naipaul village violence vision vision of disorder West Indian words Wounded Civilization Yvette