Focusing on the construction of forms of historical consciousness in narratives, or schools of narrative, this 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.
Über den Autor
Rumina Sethi is a British Academy Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and has written widely on Postcolonial Cultural Studies.
Klappentext
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.
