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Majumdar, Saikat.
Prose of the world : modernism and the banality of empire / Saikat Majumdar.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-15694-3 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-52767-5 (e-book)
1. Commonwealth fiction (English)—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Banality (Philosophy) in literature. 3. Place (Philosophy) in literature. 4. Narration (Rhetoric). 5. Literature and society—Commonwealth countries—History—20th century. I. Title.
PR9080.5.M35 2013
823'.909—dc23 2012014234
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