The Satanic Verses (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Cavanaugh, Christine, “Auguries of Power: Prophecy and Violence in The Satanic Verses,” in Studies in the Novel, Vol. 36, No. 3, Fall 2004, pp. 393 – 404.

  Cavanaugh’s article discusses the theological context of Rushdie’s novel and its commentary about how violence is related to prophecy.

• Erickson, John, Islam and Postcolonial Narrative, Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp. 129 – 60.

  The chapter on Salman Rushdie in Erickson’s scholarly work discusses The Satanic Verses in terms of its depiction of Islam’s relationship with the West.

• Pipes, Daniel, The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West, Carol Publishing Group, 1990.

  Pipes provides a study of the circumstances surrounding the publication of Rushdie’s novel, including an analysis of Rushdie’s intentions and reactions to the fatwa.

• Rushdie, Salman, “In Good Faith,” in Newsweek, Vol. 115, No. 7, February 12, 1990, pp. 52 – 56.

  Rushdie’s important article about The Satanic Verses defends his novel, argues why it should not be offensive to Muslims, and asks for the right to free expression.

• Seminick, Hans, A Novel Visible but Unseen: A Thematic Analysis of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” Studia Germanica Gandensia, 1993.

  Seminick’s analytical approach to The Satanic Verses offers a useful deconstruction of the novel’s themes.