Margaret Paul Joseph (Writer / Literary critic)

Jasmine on a String

A Survey of Women Writing English Fiction in India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the works of Flora Annie Steel, Rumer Godden, Krupabai Sattianadhan, Toru Dutt, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Nayantara Sahgal, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy, and Anita Nair, this book opens a window to the creative world of women novelists in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP India
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780199452484
• ISBN-10: 0199452482
• Artikelnr.: 47868166

Autorenporträt

Margaret Paul Joseph is a writer, literary critic, and independent research scholar based in the USA. A Ph.D. in English Literature, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, she teaches continuing education courses in English and American literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Introduction
2: British Invasion: 'And what should I do in Illyria?'
3: British Possession: Authority and Angst
4: British Surrender: Foreign, but Familiar
5: Indian Pioneers: Birthing a New Generation
6: Challenging Colonialism: The Twentieth Century
7: Peering Within: Focus on the Family
8: Silence as Weapon and Bolt-hole
9: Fiction as Fact: Comprehending Region
10: Conclusion
Index
About the Author