Indian English and the Fiction of National Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church
Cover of the book Indian English and the Fiction of National Literature by Rosemary Marangoly George, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rosemary Marangoly George ISBN: 9781107720886
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 21, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Rosemary Marangoly George
ISBN: 9781107720886
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 21, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

During the twentieth century, at the height of the independence movement and after, Indian literary writing in English was entrusted with the task of consolidating the image of a unified, seemingly caste-free, modernising India for consumption both at home and abroad. This led to a critical insistence on the proximity of the national and the literary, which in turn, led to the canonisation of certain writers and themes and the dismissal of others. Examining English anthologies of 'Indian literature', as well as the establishment of the Sahitya Akademi (the national academy of letters) and the work of R. K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand among others, Rosemary Marangoly George exposes the painstaking efforts that went into the elaboration of a 'national literature' in English for independent India even while deliberating the fundamental limitations of using a nation-centric critical framework for reading literary works.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

During the twentieth century, at the height of the independence movement and after, Indian literary writing in English was entrusted with the task of consolidating the image of a unified, seemingly caste-free, modernising India for consumption both at home and abroad. This led to a critical insistence on the proximity of the national and the literary, which in turn, led to the canonisation of certain writers and themes and the dismissal of others. Examining English anthologies of 'Indian literature', as well as the establishment of the Sahitya Akademi (the national academy of letters) and the work of R. K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand among others, Rosemary Marangoly George exposes the painstaking efforts that went into the elaboration of a 'national literature' in English for independent India even while deliberating the fundamental limitations of using a nation-centric critical framework for reading literary works.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Contracts in the Real World by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book The Haskell School of Music by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Gnostic Religion in Antiquity by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book The Palestinian Novel by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Great Australian Dissents by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Moral Authority, Men of Science, and the Victorian Novel by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book An Introduction to Flapping Wing Aerodynamics by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Antenatal Disorders for the MRCOG and Beyond by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Macroeconomics in Emerging Markets by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Bilingual Language Acquisition by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Spinoza by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Short Introduction to Strategic Human Resource Management by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book The Neuroscience of Expertise by Rosemary Marangoly George
Cover of the book Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome by Rosemary Marangoly George
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy