Literature and nation : Britain and India, 1800 to 1990

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Label

Literature and nation : Britain and India, 1800 to 1990

Title remainder

Britain and India, 1800 to 1990

Statement of responsibility

edited by Richard Allen and Harish Trivedi

Contributor

• Allen, Richard, 1946 June 23-
• Allen, Richard, 1946 June 23-
• Trivedi, Harish

Subject

• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- Indic influences
• Great Britain -- Relations -- India
• India -- Relations -- Great Britain
• Indic literature (English) -- History and criticism
• Literature, Comparative -- English and Indic
• Literature, Comparative -- Indic and English
• Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain -- History
• Nationalism and literature -- India -- History
• Nationalism in literature

Language

eng

Summary

Literature and Nation disects the relationship between Britain and India from 1800 to 1900, using key literary and historical texts. Books from Kim to Mansfield Park and Midnight's Children are used in conjunction with primary source material to better understand the complicated cultural encounters that occurred between the two countries. Chapters range from "First Cultural Encounters" to "Poetry and Nation" to "Nostalgia and Disillusion." With comprehensive introductions to the sections by the editors, this book is a necessary addition to Post-colonial studies

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography