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The politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction : Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie /
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 fi...
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
Edwin Mellen Press,
©2011.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Maxharraj, Ukë, |d 1974- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The politics of nation formation in twentieth-century English-Indian fiction : |b Kipling, Forster, Rao, Narayan, Anand, and Rushdie / |c Uke Maxharraj ; with a foreword by Mohit K. Ray. |
| 260 | |a Lewiston, N.Y. : |b Edwin Mellen Press, |c ©2011. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (v, 379 pages) | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 520 | |a 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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| 650 | 0 | |a Indic fiction (English) |y 20th century |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nationalism in literature. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Nationalism and literature |z India. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Imperialism in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Colonies in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social action in literature. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Nationalisme dans la littérature. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Roman anglais |y 20e siècle |x Histoire et critique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Nationalisme et littérature |z Inde. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Impérialisme dans la littérature. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Colonies dans la littérature. | |
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