Is English an Indian language? Is Indian literature in English really Indian, or simply a remnant of British colonialism? This volume introduces readers to the complex interrelationships among the English language, the novel form and modern politics in India from the 19th century to the present.
Topics include:
The early novel
The progressive novel
The Gandhian novel
The modernist novel
Partition and the novel
Gender and the novel
Translation
Cosmopolitanism and the novel
Realism and the novel
Domesticity and the novel
The urban novel
The contemporary novel
The graphic novel
Caste and the novel
… and more.