Outside the Whale
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Outside the Whale is an essay by Salman Rushdie that reflects on politics, literature, and the writer’s role in confronting power, collected in his non-fiction volume Imaginary Homelands.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Outside the Whale canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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non-fiction work ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Imaginary Homelands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
engagement of writers with power structures
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moral responsibility of writers ⓘ relationship between literature and politics ⓘ |
| genre |
literary essay
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political essay ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
advocates politically engaged writing
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critical of political quietism in literature ⓘ |
| includedIn | Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981–1991 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
contemporary literature
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
confronting power
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literature ⓘ politics ⓘ responsibility of the intellectual ⓘ writer’s role in society ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of political commentary and literary criticism
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reflection on the writer’s role in confronting power ⓘ |
| partOf | Salman Rushdie’s non-fiction oeuvre ⓘ |
| publicationType | essay in a collection ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic analysis of Rushdie’s non-fiction
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literary criticism ⓘ |
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