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title	:	V.S. Naipaul : A Materialist Reading
author	:	Cudjoe, Selwyn Reginald.
publisher	:	University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0870236199
print isbn13	:	9780870236198
ebook isbn13	:	9780585223759
language	:	English
subject	Naipaul, V. S.--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad),--1932---Criticism and interpretation, Naipaul, V. S.--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad),--1932---Political and social views, Literature and society--West Indies--History--20th century, West Indians--Intellectual life, Decolo
publication date	:	1988
lcc	:	PR9272.9.N32Z65 1988eb
ddc	:	823/.914
subject	:	Naipaul, V. S.--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad),--1932---Criticism and interpretation, Naipaul, V. S.--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad),--1932---Political and social views, Literature and society--West Indies--History--20th century, West Indians--Intellectual life, Decolo

Page iii V. S. Naipaul A Materialist Reading Selwyn R. Cudjoe THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS AMHERST

Page iv Copyright 1988 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 87-35768 ISBN 0-87023-619-9 (cloth); 620-2 (pbk.) Designed by Susan Bishop Set in Linotype Times Roman at Keystone Typesetting Printed by Thomson-Shore and bound by John Dekker & Sons Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cudjoe, Selwyn Reginald. V. S. Naipaul : a materialist reading. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Criticism and interpretation. 2. Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Political and social views. 3. Colonies in literature. 4. Decolonization in literature. 5. Literature and societyWest Indies. 6. West Indians Intellectual life. I. Title PR9272.9.N32Z65 1988 823'.914 87-35768 ISBN 0-87023-619-9(alk. paper) ISBN 0-87023-620-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available

Page v For my wife, Gwendolyn Marie

Page vii Black man go pung mata, na mattie head, Feed dem pickni wid fufu, na mattie flesh, Coolie grind massala, na mattie bone, stir dhall, na blood. De air go fill wid curry-smell an roast cassava Puri an pepperpot An sitar an steelband go sound when gunfire bin a deh. Lil pickni go laan plant wara-seed na pelt each odda in de street wid dem, An when people kill, dem kill only cackroach, centipede, masquita... me dream like birdsaang in yu ear! David Dabydeen, "For Mala" (slave song)

Page ix Contents Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Introduction 3 1. Tradition, Miguel Street, and Other Stories: The First Period of Naipaul's Development 16 2. The Colonial Society: Opening Up the Social Space 37 3. A Prose-Tragedy: Mr. Biswas and the Original Myths 51 4. The Conflict of World Views: The Second Period of Naipaul's Development 75 5. At the "Rim of the World": The Postcolonial Society 94 6. Ideology, Culture, and National Identity 120 7. The Postcolonial Society and the Individual Subject: The Third Period of Naipaul's Development 140 8. Doom and Despair: The Eternal Condition of Colonial Peoples 167 9. Language, Repression, Identity: A Materialist Recuperation 193 Conclusion 227 Notes 231 Bibliography 259 Index 279

Page xi Acknowledgments A number of persons and institutions assisted in making this work possible. The following have either read it, encouraged me, and/or listened patiently to my ramblings: Arnold Rampersad, Terry Eagleton, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Biodun Jeyifo, Henry Rosovsky, Michael Colacurcio, Jonathan Culler, Gwendolyn Marie Cudjoe, Yamani Zacharias, Arthur Paris, Wellington Nyangoni, Roy Thomas, and William Cain. I thank Erica Fox and Trudy Calvert, who corrected and typed the final version of this text, Cathy Boyle, who assisted in doing some research in the final days, and the librarians at the West India Collection at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad), Cornell University, and Wellesley College for their patience and assistance. A Harvard University faculty grant and clark Award and a Wellesley College Faculty Grant allowed me to travel to many collections to gather information, to devote a sustained period of time to writing the manuscript, and to pay for its typing and for research materials. My wife, Gwendolyn Marie, has been more supportive than any husband has a right to expect. I cannot thank her sufficiently, so I dedicate this work to her. To my daughters, Frances and Kwamena, I would like to say thanks for your understanding. As always, I am thankful for the encouragement and understanding of my mothers, Carmen and Frances, of my sisters Margaret, Roberta, Aneise, and Yvonne, of my late brother Winston, of my brothers Ervin and Cedric, and of all my nieces and nephews. I hope that the people of Tacarigua, Trinidad (especially Nyren -Natch- Evelyn, my aunts Gladys Small and Mildred Cudjoe, and uncles Fred and Hamilton Cudjoe and Victor Bailey) understand how much this book is theirs and a part of them.

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