book examines the Indian mythological fiction, suddenly spring after thes, by Indian authors like Ashwin Sanghi, Amish and others.
Anyone who is interested in knowing about the genre and how and why people receive it well should read this work.
It has good inputs based on credible sources and that makes it a perfect secondary source for research work as well.
This book investigates fiction in English, written within, and published from India sincein the genre of mythologyinspired fiction in doing so it introduces the term 'Bharati Fantasy'.
This volume is anchored in notions of the 'weird' and thus some time is spent understanding this term linguistically, historically 'wyrd' as well as philosophically and most significantly socioculturally because 'reception' is a key theme to this Genre Fiction of New India's thesis.
The book studies the interface of science, Hinduism and itihasa a term often translated as 'history' within mythologyinspired fiction in English from India and these are specifically examined through the lens of two overarching interests: reader reception and the genre of weird fiction.
The book considers Indian and nonIndian receptions to the body of mythologyinspired fiction, highlighting how English fiction from India has moved away from being identified as the traditional Indian postcolonial text.
Furthermore, the book reveals broader findings in relation to identity and Indianness and India's postmillennial society's interest in portraying and projecting ideas of India through its ancient cultures, epic narratives and
cultural Hindu figures.
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Earn Genre Fiction Of New India: Post-millennial Receptions Of Weird Narratives Conceived By Emma Dawson Varughese Formatted As Paperback
Emma Dawson Varughese