The Politics of Nation formation in Twentieth-Century English-Indian Fiction [electronic resource] : Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxharraj, Uke.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic fiction (English)--History and criticism--20th century--India.

Indic fiction (English).

Nationalism in literature--History and criticism--20th century.

Nationalism in literature.

English fiction.

Nationalism and literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Social action in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Abstract; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Aggressive Nationalism in Rudyard Kipling's Kim and E.M. Forster's A Passage to India; Chapter Two Defensive Nationalism in Raja Rao's Kanthapura and R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatama; Chapter Three the Issues of Religion and Language in Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable; Chapter Four The Obstacles of the New Nation in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

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ISBN:

0-7734-2025-8

OCLC:

778448512