The Origins of Dislike by Amit Chaudhuri
In this wonderfully rich and diverse collection of essays, Amit Chaudhuri explores the way in which writers understand and promote their own work in antithesis to writers and movements that have gone before. The book particularly illuminates new ways of thinking about Western and non-Western traditions, prejudices, and preconceptions.
Drawing on an inimitable knowledge of various texts and traditions, Chaudhuri embarks here on an impressive set of essays which are delivered in an easy and confident prose, deliberating complex ideas in readable, astute language* Seán Hewitt, Irish Times *
Arresting ... It makes at times for compelling reading ... Chaudhuri's love of modernism and its art in various forms is infectious ... this is a fine performance for a select audience by a master of the English language. * Robert Dessaix, Australian Book Review *
These essays testify to a formidable intelligence at work. Chaudhuri's engaging yet exacting reflections range widely across literature and the arts. Puncturing intellectual pieties and lazy thinking, they challenge us to rethink how art and the world connect. * Rita Felski, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English, University of Virginia *
Arresting ... It makes at times for compelling reading ... Chaudhuri's love of modernism and its art in various forms is infectious ... this is a fine performance for a select audience by a master of the English language. * Robert Dessaix, Australian Book Review *
These essays testify to a formidable intelligence at work. Chaudhuri's engaging yet exacting reflections range widely across literature and the arts. Puncturing intellectual pieties and lazy thinking, they challenge us to rethink how art and the world connect. * Rita Felski, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English, University of Virginia *
Amit Chaudhuri is the author of seven novels, the latest of which is Friend of My Youth. He is also a critic and a musician and composer. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Awards for his fiction include the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Betty Trask Prize, the Encore Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, and the Indian government's Sahitya Akademi Award. In 2013, he was awarded the first Infosys Prize in the Humanities for outstanding contribution to literary studies. He is Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198793823 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198793820 |
| Title | The Origins of Dislike |
| Author | Amit Chaudhuri |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2018-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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