Colonial Karma: The Problem of Action in the Indian English Novel by Rege, J.

Colonial Karma: The Problem of Action in the Indian English Novel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403964007)

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Colonial Karma: The Problem of Action in the Indian English Novel by Rege, J.

Colonial Karma: The Problem of Action in the Indian English Novel

$54.99
Colonial Karma: The Problem of Action in the Indian English Novel by Rege, J.

Colonial Karma: The Problem of Action in the Indian English Novel

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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Colonial Karma tracks the Indian English novel from its colonial origins to the present, each chapter focusing on a particular historical moment. Linking the novel's development with that of Indian cultural nationalism, it argues that nationalism seeks to solve the problem of action for its middle-class subject by redefining the Bhagavad-Gita's concept of karma for political purposes. Two figures serve to exemplify this problem: Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita and Saleem in Midnight's Children . After considering influential early novels in Indian languages, Colonial Karma discusses novels in English by Narayan, Anand, Rao, Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie, Shashi Deshpande and Githa Hariharan.

Author: J. Rege
ISBN-10: 1403964009
ISBN-13: 9781403964007
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2004
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 0.77d
By J. Rege
By J. Rege
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JOSNA REGE is Associate Professor of English at Dartmouth College, USA.

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