A History of the Indian Novel in EnglishUlka Anjaria 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. |
Contents
Rajmohans Wife and the Novel in India | 31 |
Two Novels from | 45 |
Indian | 59 |
The Radical Career of | 73 |
Modernity and Gandhianism | 88 |
Paradigms and Practices | 103 |
Partition and the Indian Novel | 119 |
Women Reform and Nationalism in Three Novels | 133 |
Historiography Politics and | 237 |
Experiments in | 251 |
The Millennial Novel in India | 267 |
Violence PostColonial | 282 |
PostHumanitarianism and the Indian Novel in English | 296 |
Remaking the Novel in India | 310 |
Agency and Identity | 324 |
The Politics and Art of Indian English Fantasy Fiction | 337 |
Self Caste and Other in Three | 147 |
Emergency Fictions | 162 |
Cosmopolitanism and the Sonic Imaginary in Salman Rushdie | 177 |
Postcolonial Realism in the Novels of Rohinton Mistry | 193 |
Privacy Domesticity | 207 |
Gender Sexuality and Environment | 221 |
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