“Revising the Literary Map”: Three Anthologies of Indian Writing and Instances of Literary Commitment
This article focuses on anthologies as a site of commitment for three writers who, because of the “absent authority” of Indian criticism (Perry), are also critics and literary historians of Indian writing in English. In their anthologies, the poets and novelists revise the literary map and trace alt...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | This article focuses on anthologies as a site of commitment for three writers who, because of the “absent authority” of Indian criticism (Perry), are also critics and literary historians of Indian writing in English. In their anthologies, the poets and novelists revise the literary map and trace alternative creative lineages in order to locate their own literary practices and, in doing so, never fail to recast the terms of the critical debates on the genre(s), language(s), and major features of Indian literature in English. |
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