The Emergency and the Indian English Novel: Memory, Culture and Politics
Author:   Raita Merivirta
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138312982


Pages:   266
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Raita Merivirta
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138312982


ISBN 10:   1138312983
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Midnight’s Children: preserving memories for “the amnesiac nation” 3. Safeguarding democracy in The Great Indian Novel 4. Family ties: nepotism and corruption in Rich Like Us 5. The Repressive State Apparatus in Such a Long Journey and A Fine Balance 6. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

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Raita Merivirta's The Emergency and the Indian English Novel is a significant contribution to the study of Indian English fiction. It persuaded me to rethink some of my ideas about a group of novels I thought I knew well. -Ralph Crane, Professor of English, University of Tasmania, Australia


Raita Merivirta’s The Emergency and the Indian English Novel is a significant contribution to the study of Indian English fiction. It persuaded me to rethink some of my ideas about a group of novels I thought I knew well. —Ralph Crane, Professor of English, University of Tasmania, Australia


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Raita Merivirta is an Endeavour Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She is one of the authors of Frontiers of Screen History: Imagining European Borders in Cinema.

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