Fictionalising myth and history : a study of four postcolonial novels /
Padma Malini Sundararaghavan.
- New Delhi : Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2013.
- vi, 283 pages ; 23 cm
1. Introduction: Myth, history and literature -- 2. Myths crafted and myths created / Matigari by Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- 3. New prophets for a new culture / The Matroarch by Witi Ihimaera -- 4. The modern kurukshetra / The great Indian novel by Shashi Tharoor -- 5. Deconstruction: saleem's way / Midnight's children by Salman Russhide -- 6. The politics of history and fiction -- 7. The methods of empire and the future of postcolonial studies
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Indic fiction (English)--History and criticism. Myth in literature. History in literature. History in literature. Indic fiction (English) Myth in literature.