| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-266) and index. |
| Contents |
Many a slip between the literary and the national -- R.K Narayan and the fiction of the "ordinary Indian" -- The in-between life of Mulk Raj Anand -- The Sahitya Akademi's showcasing of national literature -- Partition fiction and the "birth" of national literature. |
| Summary |
"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 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Tracks the establishment of a national literature in English for independent India over the course of the twentieth century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indic literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Indic literature (English) |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Nationalism and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century.
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Nationalism and literature. |
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India. |
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History. |
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National characteristics, East Indian, in literature.
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National characteristics, East Indian, in literature. |
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Group identity in literature.
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Group identity in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: George, Rosemary Marangoly. Indian English and the fiction of national literature. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107040007 (DLC) 2013016360 (OCoLC)843228675 |
| ISBN |
9781107732070 (electronic book) |
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1107732077 (electronic book) |
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9781139626903 (electronic book) |
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1139626906 (electronic book) |
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1306376416 |
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9781306376419 |
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9781107040007 |
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1107040000 |
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