“Falling off” the Urban Map: Cartographic Divisions and Travel in Salman Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh
Employing the painterly forms of the diptych and the triptych to conceptualise the cartographic openness and dynamics of the city in Salman Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh, this article examines the tri-sected urban histories and geographies as well as the warring urban fictions which inform the imag...
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| Τόπος έκδοσης: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | Employing the painterly forms of the diptych and the triptych to conceptualise the cartographic openness and dynamics of the city in Salman Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh, this article examines the tri-sected urban histories and geographies as well as the warring urban fictions which inform the image of Bombay in the novel. It traces the significance of these fictions’ clash and of the protagonist’s travels across cartographic divides. |
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