9788176259989 - Post 1947 Indian English Novel: Major Concerns von Mathur, O. P. (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. x + 181.

Contents Preface 1 The Birds Eye view The post 1947 Indian English political novel 2 The blood red dawn Chaman Nahals Azadi a train to India 3 The Miracle of integration Manohar Malgonkars The Princes Father and Son 4 Chasing the western ideologies Raja Raos Comrade Kirillov 5 An ideological conflict and its resolution Bhabani Bhattacharyas Shadow from Ladakh as a human document 6 After Nehru What Nayantara Sahgals A Situation in New Delhi open options and sinister rumblings 7 Darkness at noon the novel and the Tauma of the emergency 8 Forever old yet new Salman Rushdies Midnights children and the Bedrock of Indianess 9 The Tainted Twin Salman Rushdies Shame the Fantastic as the underside of satire 10 Politics and beyond Amitav Ghoshs The Shadow Lines an intimacy with elsewhere 11 The rise of terrorism Salman Rushdies Shalimar the clown terrorism and its concomitants 12 The Two Indias Aravind Adigas The White Tiger Slumdog to Millionare 13 Rumination looking back and forward 14 Select bibliography Index The present book by OP Mathur an eminent scholar of Indian English Literature embodies a new approach to the Indian political novel in English written after the achievement of independence when the country began to face problems quite different from those of the earlier period The book identifies many of those new concerns Dr Mathur first gives a panoramic survey of the political novel of about six decades from 1947 to 2008 and then he passes on to discuss quite a few important novels each of which is focused upon one of those concerns The book concludes with a chapter which contains meaningful pointers to the achievements and the future prospects of the Indian English Political novel of this period The book is highly relevant for those interested in politics and should prove to be of interest and benefit to teachers students and general readers alike especially because its scope includes some of the important works of the twenty first century like Amitav Ghoshs Sea of Poppies Indra Sinhas Animals Men Salman Rushdies Shalimar the Clown and The Enchantress of Florence and Aravind Adigas The White Tiger and Between the Assassinations 182 pp.