Literary secularism religion and modernity in twentieth-century fiction / [electronic resource] :
by Amardeep Singh.
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006.
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Religion and literature. Secularism in literature. Säkularisierung. Religion. Roman. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary