Hypostases of the Artist in Anuradha Roy’s The Earthspinner

Tackling existential crevasses, Anuradha Roy’s latest novel, The Earthspinner, invites to pondering and multifaceted analysis in what we see as a plea for building metaphorical bridges in a world where the coordinates were long ago decided, where narrowed/biased following of tradition and religion u...

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Main Author: Nicolae Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2022-11-01
Series:Romanian Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2022-0014
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description Tackling existential crevasses, Anuradha Roy’s latest novel, The Earthspinner, invites to pondering and multifaceted analysis in what we see as a plea for building metaphorical bridges in a world where the coordinates were long ago decided, where narrowed/biased following of tradition and religion undermine the coherent discourse of an identity that strives to survive the intrusion of the other. The artist and the act of creation prove once again vulnerable to the other’s inability to understand and accept.
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Hypostases of the Artist in Anuradha Roy’s The Earthspinner
Romanian Journal of English Studies
artist
exile
memory
selfhood
trauma
title Hypostases of the Artist in Anuradha Roy’s The Earthspinner
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title_short Hypostases of the Artist in Anuradha Roy’s The Earthspinner
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memory
selfhood
trauma
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