num_pages: 232
description: This book focuses on the construction of forms of historical consciousness in narratives, or schools of narrative. The study seeks to underscore what goes behind the writing of `true' and `authentic' histories by treating historical fiction as the literary dimension of nationalist ideology. It traces nationalism from its abstract underpinnings to its concrete manifestation in historical fiction which underwrites the Indian freedom struggle.
language: English
title: Myths of the Nation: National Identity and Literary Representations
titlecomplete: Myths of the Nation: National Identity and Literary Representations
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Clarendon Press