A History of the Indian Novel in English - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107079969 ISBN 13: 9781107079960

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

A History of the Indian Novel in English traces the development of the Indian novel from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century up until the present day. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes extensive essays that shed light on the legacy of English in Indian writing. Organized thematically, these essays examine how English was "made Indian" by writers who used the language to address specifically Indian concerns. Such concerns revolved around the question of what it means to be modern as well as how the novel could be used for anti-colonial activism. By the 1980s, the Indian novel in English was a global phenomenon, and India is now the third largest publisher of English-language books. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History invites readers to question conventional accounts of India's literary history.

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Book Description

This History traces the development of the Indian novel from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century up until the present day. Beginning with an introduction that charts important contributions to the field, this book includes extensive essays that shed light on the legacy of English in Indian writing.

About the Author

Ulka Anjaria is Associate Professor of English at Brandeis University, Massachusetts. She is the author of Realism in the Twentieth-Century Indian Novel: Colonial Difference and Literary Form (Cambridge, 2012), and has published in such journals as South Asian Popular Culture, NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction, and Economic and Political Weekly. She is the recipient of an ACLS/Charles A. Ryskamp fellowship in 2014 for her current book project on realism in contemporary Indian literature, film, and television.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107079969
• ISBN 13: 9781107079960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Anjaria Ulka