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Indian Fiction in English - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
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Indian Fiction in English - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
Series: Anniversary Collection
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A great deal can be learned about a given civilization through its
literature. The living image of a people-acting and thinking, of
themselves. and of the world as they see it-can only be apprehended
by the creative productions of a nation's best minds. Thus students
of Indian civilization and culture who cannot afford to overlook
its literature will find in this book a way to approach the Indian
spirit through the work of Indian authors. Fiction in India,
particularly the novel, is a product of Western influences. As a
literary form, the novel, with its emphasis on character analysis
and related plot, is not native to the Indian temperament.
Nevertheless, during the last fifty years, India has produced a
wealth of fine fiction : novels and short stories, sketches and
satires. In this book, Dorothy M. Spencer has selected and
annotated some three hundred items for the ethnographical and
cultural material they can be made to yield. English translations,
works written directly in English, and translations from the
various regional dialects have been included-on the whole a rather
sweeping cross-section of Indian literary creativity. With the aid
of Spencer's notes, the student can decide which of the works deal
with specific attitudes and values that are of interest to him. The
sociologist interested in institutions and interpersonal relations,
in the beliefs and ideas regarding the Indian character held by the
people themselves, the philosopher concerned with the Indian
world-view, the anthropologist, and the political scientist will
find an abundance of material in these pages to heighten his
appreciation of Indian culture. The attitudes toward social
institutions and fixed relationships, the family, the place of
women as mothers and sisters, the caste-system-all the intricacies
of a civilization's development can be revealed to the perceptive
student. Naturally enough, fiction in India has also dealt with
political and social themes. In this connection, autobiographies
and propagandistic or moralistic novels are most useful. Both have
been included in this bibliography, as well as historical novels, a
genre which, though it has recently fallen into disfavor, is one of
the most fruitful sources for an investigation of the Indian past.
More than a comprehensive guide to Indian fiction and
autobiography, this volume is also a fine introduction to Indian
culture, suggesting and developing directions which a study of
India may take. It will be helpful and important to all scholars in
the humanities and social sciences who are concerned with
understanding the people and way of life of an ancient land that
has recently taken great strides into the modern era.
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