This book focuses on the construction of forms of historical consciousness in narratives, or schools of narrative. The study seeks to underscore what goes behind the writing of `true' and `authentic' histories by treating historical fiction as the literary dimension of nationalist ideology. It traces nationalism from its abstract underpinnings to its concrete manifestation in historical fiction which underwrites the Indian freedom struggle.
Introduction: Narratives of Nationalism and the Politics of the Orient Part One 1. The Nativization of English 2. The Ideology of Gandhi: A Mass Fantasy Part Two 3. Peasant Uprisings and Fictional Strategies 4. Contesting Identities: Involvement and Resistance of Women Part Three 5. The Future of a Vision 6. Fixity and Resistance Bibliography
Rumina Sethi is a British Academy Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and has written widely on Postcolonial Cultural Studies.
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