Inventing India: A History of India in English-Language Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780333563632 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 212 str.

Ralph J. Crane; R. Crane

Opis

Working at the interface of historical and fictional writing, the author considers the history of India from the Revolt of 1857 to the Emergency of 1975 as it is presented in the works of 20th-century novelists, both Indian and British.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - Prefatory Note - Acknowledgements - Introductory: Fiction as History - The Great Revolt: 1857 - The Period of the Great Game - Bridges - Swaraj - Partition - The End of the Old Order - The Chutnification of History - Epilogue - Notes and References - Selected Bibliography - Index

O autorze

RALPH J. CRANE