The Mahatma misunderstood : the politics and forms of literary nationalism in India / Snehal Shingavi.
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TextPublication details: London: Anthem press, 2014ISBN: 9780857285119 (Hbk : alk. paper); 0857285114 (Hbk : alk. paper)Subject(s): Indic fiction -- History and criticism | National characteristics, East Indian, in literature | Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- In literatureDDC classification: 891/.4 Other classification: O-2,3:g Q4 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
The Mahatma as proof: the nationalist origins of the historiography of Indian writing in English -- The Mahatma didn't say so, but ... : Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable and the sympathies of middle-class nationalists -- The Mahatma may be all wrong about politics, but ... : Raja Rao's Kanthapura and the religious imagination of the Indian, secular, nationalist middle class -- The missing Mahatma: Ahmed Ali and the aesthetics of Muslim anticolonialism -- The grammar of the Gandhians: Jayaprakash Narayan and the figure of Gandhi -- The Mahatma misunderstood: the arrested development of the nationalist dialectic -- Conclusion: Dangerous solidarities.
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