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OverviewThis book examines the questions of conformity and resistance with respect to Premchand’s literary corpus. Mapping the various complexities, challenges, and contradictions of interwar India, it demonstrates how the passive peasant protagonists of the writer’s fictional works present a diametrically opposed definition of dharma as compared to their dissident nationalist counterparts. Through a relatively similar logic of comparative assessment, it further foregrounds the fundamental asymmetry that exists between Premchand’s literary representations of women as compliant domestic subjects and those that portray them as rebel patriots of colonial North India. Juxtaposing several genres, including novels, short stories, letters, and journalistic writings to offer a reconsideration of Premchand's work, this book will interest scholars of peasant narratives, nationalist fiction, and gender studies. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan) Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shailendra Kumar SinghPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781032859194ISBN 10: 1032859199 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 11 October 2024 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Peasants’ Conformity or the Prose of Counter-Insurgency? 2. Nationalism and the Question of Civil Resistance 3. Between Conformity and Resistance: Shifting Ideals of Womanhood? 4. Hidden Transcripts and Everyday Forms of Resistance in Premchand’s Fiction Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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