Studies in Indian English Political Fiction

Contents: Preface. I. Political novel: theoretical considerations: 1. Idea of political novel. II. Politics of idealogies: 2. Ideological intoxication: a study of Raja Rao\'s Kanthapura. 3. Torn between ideologies: a study of Mulk Raj Anand\'s the Sword and the sickle. 4. Ironical vision of an idealogy: a study of R.K. Narayan\'s waiting for the Mahatma. III. Politics of trauma and violence: 5. Politics of personal trauma and holocaust: a study of Manohar Malgonkar\'s the princes. 6. Politics of violence: a reading of Chaman Nahal\'s Azadi. 7. Politics of violence and reconciliation: a study of Khushwant Singh\'s train to Pakistan. IV. Political criticism: 8. Re-discovering Gandhi: a study of Nayantara Sahgal\'s Rich like us. 9. Criticism as allegory: a reading of Arun Joshi\'s the city and the river. V. De-constructing political histories: 10. Breaking historical handcuffs: a reading of Salman Rushdie\'s midnight\'s children. 11. Re-interpreting political histories: Shashi Tharoor\'s The Great Indian Novel. 12. Indian English political Novel: narrative strategies. 13. Conclusion. Select bibliography. Index.