01460cam a2200217   45000010005000000100017000050200022000220200025000441000036000692450103001052500019002082640056002273000027002833360021003103370025003313380023003565040067003795050449004465200280008956500067011756634  a  2014501241  a0199452482 (hbk.)  a9780199452484 (hbk.)1 aJoseph, Margaret Paul,d1932-e10aJasmine on a string :ba survey of women writing English fiction in India /cMargaret Paul Joseph.  aFirst edition. 1aNew Delhi, India :bOxford University Press,c2014.  axi, 200 pages ;c23 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.  aCONTENTS: Preface -- Introduction -- British Invasion: 'And  what should I do in Illyria?' -- British Possession:  Authority and Angst -- British Surrender: Foreign, but  Familiar -- Indian Pioneers: Birthing a New Generation --  Challenging Colonialism: The Twentieth Century -- Peering  Within: Focus on the Family -- Silence as Weapon and Bolt- hole -- Fiction as Fact: Comprehending Region -- Conclusion  -- Index -- About the Author.grt  aExploring the works of Flora Annie Steel, Rumer Godden,  Krupabai Sattianadhan, Toru Dutt, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain,  Nayantara Sahgal, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Arundhati  Roy, and Anita Nair, this book opens a window to the  creative world of women novelists in India. 0aIndic fiction (English)xWomen authorsxHistory and criticism.