Genre Fiction of New India

E. Dawson Varughese is an independent global cultural studies scholar and the author of Beyond the Postcolonial: World Englishes Literature (2012) and Reading New India (2013). She has published in Contemporary South Asia, South Asian Popular Culture and English Today.

"This insightful and timely book analyses for the first time material not seen in the West, which challenges and changes both our views of India and our view of the ‘Weird’."Robert Eaglestone, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK"Dawson’s book provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of the new literary genres of post-millennial Indian fiction. The days of the saree-novels, joint family sagas, and the grand narratives of the nation in Indian fictions are over. Instead the changing milieu of the post-liberalization India has spawned a host of new English fictions that venture into hitherto untrodden grounds of Science Fictions, Fantasies, Comics and Graphic Novels—the Weird Fictions. Through extensive surveys of recent publications, interviews, and an overview of the major themes and styles in the texts, Dawson’s book provides essential information and guidance to anyone interested in a fascinating world of new Indian fictions beyond the postcolonial novels."Swaralipi Nandi, Department of English, Athens Technical College, USA

• CONTENTSForewordPrefaceChapter One: Introducing the post-millennial scene Chapter Two: The ‘wyrd’: numinosity and estrangement Chapter Three: Bharati Fantasy: eternal bhāvaChapter Four: Bharati Fantasy: modern-day sensibilitiesChapter Five: Conclusions Index