The Rose and the Lotus. Partnership Studies in the Works of Raja Rao

Mercanti, S

The Rose and the Lotus. Partnership Studies in the Works of Raja Rao

Mercanti, S

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Publisher:: Rodopi
Publication Type:: Book
Citation:: 2009, Cross Cultures 122
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mercanti, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2009, Cross Cultures 122	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-90-420-2833-3	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Raja Rao, one of the founding figures of Indian English literature, is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers a fresh critical investigation into both his short stories and his novels. Powerfully contradicting the long-held perception of Raja Rao as a mere metaphysical writer and the true bard of quintessential Indianness, projected by many critics of the first Commonwealth generation over three decades, Stefano Mercanti posits Rao's fiction in terms of its dialogic interaction - the 'partnership' - between Western and Eastern cultural traditions and demonstrates how it evolves during the course of his oeuvre on both the philosophical and the political level.	en_US
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dc.title	The Rose and the Lotus. Partnership Studies in the Works of Raja Rao	en_US
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Abstract:

Raja Rao, one of the founding figures of Indian English literature, is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers a fresh critical investigation into both his short stories and his novels. Powerfully contradicting the long-held perception of Raja Rao as a mere metaphysical writer and the true bard of quintessential Indianness, projected by many critics of the first Commonwealth generation over three decades, Stefano Mercanti posits Rao's fiction in terms of its dialogic interaction - the 'partnership' - between Western and Eastern cultural traditions and demonstrates how it evolves during the course of his oeuvre on both the philosophical and the political level.

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