India's forests, real and imagined : writing the modern nation / Alan G. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Alan G. (Alan Gerhard), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature--History and criticism.

Indic literature.

Forests in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 271 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Summary:

"As they seek to explore evolving and conflicting ideas of nationhood and modernity, India's writers have often chosen forests as the dramatic setting for stories of national identity. India's Forests, Real and Imagined explores how these settings have been integral to India sense of national consciousness. Alan Johnson demonstrates that modern writers have drawn on older Indian literary traditions of the forest as a place of exile, trial and danger to shape new ideas of India as a modern nation. The book casts new light on a wide range of modern writers, from Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay - widely regarded as the first Indian novelist - to contemporary authors such as Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri as well as local attitudes to nationhood and the environment across the country"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Moral Kingship, Forest Dwellers, and Epic and Vernacular Forests

2. Colonial History, Home Forests, and Mother India in Bankim's Anandamath

3. Premchand's Forest, Bibhutibhushan's Aranyak, and the Progressive Era

4. History, Nation, and Forest in Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh

5. Indigeneity, Forestry, and the State in C. K. Janu, Mahasweta Devi, and Easterine Kire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Alan G. (Alan Gerhard). India's forests, real and imagined.

ISBN:

9780755634101

0755634101

OCLC:

1331414181

Publisher Number:

99992953899