ASIA STUDIES

India's Forests, Real and Imagined

Writing the Modern Nation

Alan Johnson, Idaho State University, USA As they seek to explore evolving and conflicting ideas of nationhood and modernity, India’s writers have often chosen forests as the dramatic setting for stories of national identity. This book explores how these settings have been integral to India's sense of national consciousness. The book casts new light on a wide range of modern writers, from Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay to contemporary authors such as Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri as well as local attitudes to nationhood and the environment across the country.

UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 304 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9780755634101 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9780755634118 • £81.00 / $112.65 ePdf 9780755634125 • £81.00 / $112.65 Bloomsbury Academic

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