The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in EnglishThis book provides a new perspective on Indian writing in English by researching into its nineteenth-century origins and seeing its subsequent development in relation to other Indian language literatures. |
Contents
The First Indian English Novel | 30 |
Three Ways | 51 |
The Other Nirad Babu | 117 |
Copyright | |
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The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in English Dr Meenakshi Mukherjee No preview available - 2003 |
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