The cultural universe of urban, English-speaking middle class in India shows signs of growing inclusiveness as far as English is concerned. This phenomenon manifests itself in increasing forms of bilingualism (combination of English and one Indian language) in everyday forms of …
This book seeks to critically engage with issues arising out of, and hotly debated within, Indian writing in English and its †̃otherâ€TM: Bhasa writing. The central issue is the representation of nation in literary texts, which has divided these two literary traditions. At the …
"This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th and 20th century Anglo-American fiction. Drawing on the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, D.W. Winnicott, and Sudhir Kakar, it…
"This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th and 20th century Anglo-American fiction. Drawing on the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, D.W. Winnicott, and Sudhir Kakar, it…
This book engages with current developments in postcolonial research, exploring notions of cultural transmission, tradition and modernity, authenticity, cross-cultural aesthetics and postcolonial ethics. The author considers the ethical responsibility of the postcolonial intelle…
