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Nayar  \nThis edition first published 2015 © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd  \nRegistered Office  \nJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK  \nEditorial Offices  \n350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148‐5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK  \nThe Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK  \nFor details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our [website at www.wiley.com/wiley‐blackwell](website at www.wiley.com/wiley‐blackwell).  \nThe right of Pramod K. Nayar to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \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, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.  \nWiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.  \nDesignations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks oftheir respective owners. 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Nayar.– First edition. pages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 978-1-118-78105-0 (hardback)– ISBN 978-1-118-78104-3 (paper)  \n1. Postcolonialism in literature–Dictionaries. 2. Postcolonialism–Dictionaries.  \n3. Developing countries–Literatures–Dictionaries. 4. Literature, Modern–20th century–Dictionaries. 5. Literature, Modern–21st century–Dictionaries. I. 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