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Individual volumes reXect in particular on the shaping eVect both of international theory and of local politics on postcolonial traditions often viewed as uniformly cross-cultural, and also on the inXuence of postcolonial writing on the protocols of international theory. Throughout, the focus is on how texts formally engage with the legacies of imperial and anti-imperial history.  \nOXFOR D STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES  \nThe Indian Novel in English Priyamvada Gopal  \nAustralian Literature  \nGraham Huggan Pacific Islands Writing  \nMichelle Keown  \nWest African Literatures  \nStephanie Newell  \nPostcolonial Poetry in English Rajeev S. Patke  \nOXFORD STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURESIN ENGLISH  \nGeneral Editor: Elleke Boehmer  \nTHE INDIAN ENGLISH NOVEL  \nNation, History, and Narration  \nPriyamvada Gopal  \n1  \n3  \nGreat Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith oYces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam  \nOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries  \nPublished in the United States  \nby Oxford University Press Inc., New York  \n\\# Priyamvada Gopal 2009  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker)  \nFirst published 2009  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available  \nTypeset by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India  \nPrinted in Great Britain  \non acid-free paper by  \nBiddles Ltd., King’s Lynn, Norfolk  \nISBN 978–0–19–954437–0 (Pbk. )  \n978–0–19–954438–7 (Hbk. )  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nWith gratitude to: Elleke Boehmer, for helpful suggestions and great generosity; the editors at OUP for letting me try their patience; Meenakshi Mukherjee, for paving the way through her scholarship; the University of Cambridge and Churchill College for a term’s leave; Chris Warnes for collegiality and picking up the slack; Michael Perfect for research assistance; Benita Parry for getting on my case; Anny King for spaghetti and company; my family and friends for their love and support; my barista friends for caVeine and good cheer; Hailey O’Harrow and Sam Dean for troubleshooting; Susan Daruvala and Sundeep Dougal for invaluable references; Sylvie JaVrey for excellent copy editing; and Wnally, my remarkable students on whom these chapters ","cbCaigU4PmdWweKV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigU4PmdWweKV","pdf",1180551,232,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction: Ideas of India\n## Making English India\n## Ethnography, Gender, and Nation\n## ‘Mahatma-Magic’: Gandhi and Literary India\n## Writing Partition\n## Midnight’s Legacies: Two Epic Novels of Nation\n## Bombay and the Novel","[{\"question\":\"What is the book’s central focus on Indian English fiction?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on how Indian English novels construct and negotiate nationhood, history, and narrative strategies, linking texts to postcolonial cultural debates and imperial legacies.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major themes are covered across the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Themes include writing nation and history, ethnography and gender, Gandhi-related mythmaking, Partition witnessing, and later epic and city-centered narratives.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect literary texts to broader historical and theoretical contexts?\",\"answer\":\"Each section explains the contexts of postcolonial writing, showing how international theory and local politics shape the formal engagement of novels with imperial and anti-imperial histories.\"}]","The Indian English Novel - Nation, History, and Narration | PDF",1789948446,357]