UID:
almahu_9949434922602882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 196 pages)
ISBN:
9781003353850
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1003353851
,
9781000829563
,
1000829561
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9781000829679
,
1000829677
Content:
"This book is a comprehensive critical re-reading of Nayantara Sahgal's oeuvre. One of the most significant Indian English writers, her fictional and non-fictional engagement with historical events and political dilemmas inextricably links her to the colonial, anti-colonial and post-colonial discourse in India. Drawing transcontinental connections with the ideas of Fanon, Foucault and Said, the monograph juxtaposes recurring themes in her writing with the ideas of significant Indian postcolonial commentators. Tracing the subliminal tendencies in her writing to Gandhian humanity and Nehruvian pragmaticism, the book moves beyond clichés of feminist criticism and genealogical ties to unveil a unique artist who has folded nearly a century of Indian experience in her work. Drawing on novels, essays, speeches, journalism and interviews by Nayantara Sahgal, this volume will be of great interest to scholars of South Asian literature, postcolonialism, politics and contemporary Indian history"--
Note:
Intellectual intertexts -- Moral moorings : Gandhi and Nehru -- Contemporary intersections/deflections : VS Naipaul, Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy -- Autobiographical effacement : Prison and chocolate cake, From fear set free and Relationship -- Political interventions : Storm in Chandigarh, A situation in New Delhi and Rich like us -- Cosmopolitanism and historiographic fiction : plans for departure, Mistaken identity and Lesser breeds -- Post-secularism and the religious turn : When the moon shines by day, The fate of butterflies and Encounter with Kiran.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Sidhu, Maninder. Nayantara Sahgal Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781032222776
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003353850
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003353850
