| Description |
1 online resource (243 pages) |
| Series |
Anthem South Asian studies |
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Anthem South Asian studies.
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| Contents |
The Mahatma as proof: the nationalist origins of the historiography of Indian writing in English -- The Mahatma didn't say so, but ... : Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable and the sympathies of middle-class nationalists -- The Mahatma may be all wrong about politics, but ... : Raja Rao's Kanthapura and the religious imagination of the Indian, secular, nationalist middle class -- The missing Mahatma: Ahmed Ali and the aesthetics of Muslim anticolonialism -- The grammar of the Gandhians: Jayaprakash Narayan and the figure of Gandhi -- The Mahatma misunderstood: the arrested development of the nationalist dialectic -- Conclusion: Dangerous solidarities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- In literature.
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Indic fiction -- History and criticism.
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National characteristics, East Indian, in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012047560 |
| ISBN |
9780857286475 |
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9781299242722 (MyiLibrary) |
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