Fictions of India: Narrative and Power
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Fictions of India: Narrative and Power
By (Author) Peter Morey
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
2nd January 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
823.0093254
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
361g
Description
This volume explores the relation of narrative technique to issues of power in the work of selected writers dealing with India. It examines the Imperial context and suggests how historical and ideological assumptions and anxieties may be read into the texts they produce. The book focuses largely on British writers such as Rudyard Kipling, John Masters and Paul Scott.
Reviews
The years most satisfying study of representations of India in the novel is Peter Morey's Fictions of India: Narrative and Power. The years most satisfying study of representations of India in the novel is Peter Morey's Fictions of India: Narrative and Power.
Author Bio
Peter Morey is Lecturer in Literature at the University of East London
