Mapping the Nation

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Author: Sheshalatha ReddyISBN: 9780857284419Publisher: Anthem PressYear first published: 26 Jun 2012Pages: 520 Format: HardbackFocusing specifically on the poetic construction of I ndia, 'Mapping the Nation' offers a broad selection of poetry written by Indians in English during the period 18701920. Centering upon the "mapping" of India both as a regional location and as a poetic ideal this unique anthology presents poetry from various geographical nodal points of the subcontinent, as well as that written in the imperial metropole of England, to illustrate how the variety of India's poetical imagining corresponded to the diversity of her inhabitants and geography. Show more