| Writing India Anew: Indian English Fiction 2000-2010 Contributor(s): Sen, Krishna (Editor), Roy, Rituparna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9089645330 ISBN-13: 9789089645333 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $74.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Series: ICAS Publications Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This groundbreaking study assesses the genre of Indian-English fiction in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Some of the most prominent scholars in the field, including Rimi B. Chatterjee, Bill Ashcroft and Shirley Chew, explore a range of themes that extend from the re-mapping of mythology and history to reassessing the globalised India of today. Together, they contend that the current body of work of Indian-English literature is so varied and vibrant that it can no longer be dismissed as derivative or dispossessed. Instead, they regard this new corpus of writing to be a major aspect of contemporary Anglophone literature. Ultimately, the contributors contend that the current body of work in Indian-English fiction is so varied and vibrant that it can no longer be dismissed as derivative or dispossessed, or even as mere postcolonial 'writing back' or compensatory national allegory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sen, Krishna: - Krishna Sen is professor in the English Department at the University of Calcutta and a founding member of the University's Women's Studies Research Center. |
