Myths of the Nation: National Identity and Literary Representations

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.

• | Author: Rumina Sethi
• | Publisher: OUP Oxford
• | Publication Date: Aug 26, 1999
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0198183399
• | ISBN-13: 9780198183396