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Feature essay: literary work and contemporary crisis: on two novels concerning India

Majumder, Atreyee (2020) Feature essay: literary work and contemporary crisis: on two novels concerning India. South Asia @ LSE (20 Jul 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In this feature essay, Atreyee Majumder (Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Sonipat, India) reflects on literature’s relationship with contemporary crises through reading two recent novels, Samit Basu’s Chosen Spirits and Megha Majumdar’s A Burning, which share a concern for the challenges facing India today.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/
Additional Information: © 2020 The Author
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2020 10:42
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 10:40
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106049

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