'The Taking Place of Language': Contemporizing the Debate about the Representation of Nation Within Bhasa Writing and Indian Writing in English

by Saswat Das and Bipasha Som

This book seeks to critically engage with issues arising out of, and hotly debated within, Indian writing in English and its 'other' Bhasa writing. The central issue is the representation of nation in literary texts, which has divided these two literary traditions. At the heart of this book is a study of Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide , which mirrors the newfound love of Indian writing in English for cosmopolitanism. Similarly, Buddhadeb Guha's Bhasa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034309074
• ISBN13: 9783034309073
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 113 Pages