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. LSE Review of Books (15 Jul 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In this feature essay, Atreyee Majumder 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/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2020 09:00
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:50
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106009

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