The Lie of the Land: English Literary Studies in India

by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan

Book Overview

English literature is studied, at some stage or other, by almost every middle and upper-class person in India. Its importance as a discipline, or as a body of texts, that shapes the minds, attitudes, behavior and social aspirations of India's educated urban elite is often fundamental. Yet some of the most basic questions about English literary studies in India--their relevance and validity, their social functions, their institutional contexts, their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019563361X
• ISBN13: 9780195633610
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"