Literary secularism : religion and modernity in twentieth-century fiction /: religion and modernity in twentieth-century fiction. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Amardeep Singh.
• Other Names: Singh, Amardeep, 1974-
• Contents: The critical tradition and the modern novel: from Daniel Dafoe to James Wood -- George Eliot: British secularism, Jewish assimilation and Daniel Deronda -- Holy water, fluid mondernity: Rabindranath Tagore and Hindu reform -- Diasporas and promised lands: Ireland, Israel, and Joyce's Ulysses -- The elusive ideal of secular writing: V.S. Naipaul and literary secularism in India -- The ambiguous relationship between men and angels: Salman Rushdie's daemonic secularism -- The myriad failures of religious law: the uniform civil code debate and Indian feminism -- Literary secularism after 9/11: Philip Roth's The plot against America and Orhan Pamuk's Snow.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (201 pages)
• Subjects: 809.933820904; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Religion and literature; Secularism in literature; Fiction; Religion and literature; Secularism in literature; Säkularisierung; Religion; Roman; C 1900; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443802697
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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