1st Edition

Literature and Politics in the Age of Nationalism The Progressive Episode in South Asia, 1932-56

By Talat Ahmed Copyright 2009
    220 Pages
    by Routledge India

    220 Pages
    by Routledge India

    This book aims to provide a historical account of the All-India Progressive Writers Association (AIPWA). In a structured narrative, it focuses on the political processes inside India, events and circumstances in South Asia and the debates and literary movements in Europe and the United States to demonstrate how the literary project was specificall

    Introduction 1. Literature and Politics 2. The PWA‘s Conception of Literature, Arts and Society 3. The Politics of Independence 4. The PWA During the War 5. The Fate of Hindustani 6. Writer‘s and Nationalism in the Age of Independence Conclusion Bibliography Index