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9780195662702

The Perishable Empire; Essays on Indian Writing in English

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195662702

  • ISBN10:

    0195662709

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-07
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Summary

This book provides a new perspective on Indian writing in English by researching into its nineteenth-century origins and seeing its subsequent development in relation to other Indian language literatures.

Table of Contents

Preface
Nation, Novel, Languagep. 1
Rajmohan's Wife: The First Indian English Novelp. 30
Churning the Seas of Treacle: Three Waysp. 51
Ambiguous Discourse: The Novels of Krupa Satthianadhanp. 68
Hearing Her Own Voice: Defective Acoustics in Colonial Indiap. 89
'We Say Desh': The Other Nirad Babup. 117
Maps and Mirrors: Co-ordinates of Meaning in The Shadow Linesp. 134
Haroun and the Sea of Stories: Fantasy or Fable?p. 149
The Anxiety of Indiannessp. 166
Divided by a Common Languagep. 187
Indexp. 205
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