Mapping the Nation: An Anthology of Indian Poetry in English, 1870–1920
ISBN: 9780857289407
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Anthem Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Indic poetry (English) -- 19th century; Indic poetry (English) -- 20th century;

Focusing specifically on the poetic construction of India, 'Mapping the Nation' offers a broad selection of poetry written by Indians in English during the period 1870-1920. 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.


Sheshalatha Reddy is Assistant Professor of English at Howard University in Washington, DC.

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