Title The politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction : Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie / Uke Maxharraj ; with a foreword by Mohit K. Ray.

Publication Info.	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2011]
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Description	1 online resource (v, 379 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and index.
Contents	Aggressive nationalism in Rudyard Kipling's Kim and E.M. Forster's A passage to India -- What is aggressive nationalism? -- Rudyard Kipling's imperial stance of seeing the white man as a colonial ruler -- E.M. Forster's contradictory stance toward the colonial rule -- The effect of aggressive nationalism -- Defensive nationalism in Raja Rao's Kanthapura and R.K. Narayan's waiting for the Mahatma -- What is defensive nationalism? -- the construction of Gandhian nationalistic thought in fiction -- Urban and rural nationalisms -- The natives' attitude toward the British -- The issues of religion and language in Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable -- The role of religion in the process of nation formation -- The merciless form of religion fictionalized in Anand's Untouchable -- The role of language in the process of nation formation -- Anand's writing of Untouchable in a language that was not his own -- The obstacles of the new nation in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children -- Is the process of nation formation fully accomplished with independence? -- The consequences of nationalism in Rushdie's Midnight's children -- The irresponsibility of political leaders as a threat to the nation -- Rushdie's vision of how the nation could be stable and prosperous -- Conclusion.
Summary	The book addresses the intersection of politics and fiction in the process of nation formation in English-Indian fiction during the twentieth century. It does this by explain-ing the position of a writer in the process of decolonization. The central question of this project is the construction in fic-tion, of political developments during the processes of nation formation in India, and how an English-Indian novelist re-flects upon these issues. The conflict between colonizers and colonized in India has produced two extremes; the colonial aggressive stance and the native defensive position of f.
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Subject	Indic fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Indic fiction (English)
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Nationalism in literature.
	Nationalism in literature.
	English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	English fiction.
	Nationalism and literature -- India.
	Nationalism and literature.
	India.
	Imperialism in literature.
	Imperialism in literature.
	Colonies in literature.
	Colonies in literature.
	Social action in literature.
	Social action in literature.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form:	Print version: Maxharraj, Ukë, 1974- Politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011 9780773415027 (DLC) 2010053984 (OCoLC)695390208
ISBN	9780773420250 (electronic book)
	0773420258 (electronic book)
	9780773415027
	0773415025

Title The politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction : Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie / Uke Maxharraj ; with a foreword by Mohit K. Ray.

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