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02056aam a2200361 i 4500 001 DE89B72EEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 200828t20202020enk b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781527557055 020 $a 1527557057 035 $a (OCoLC)1190836247 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d IaU $d SILO 050 4 $a PR9387.9.A25 $b Z59 2020 082 04 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Chakraborty, Nilanjan, $e author. 245 10 $a Myth formation in the fiction of Chinua Achebe and Amitav Ghosh / $c by Nilanjan Chakraborty. 264 1 $a Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : $b Cambridge Scholars Publishing, $c 2020. 300 $a 256 page ; $c 22 cm 520 $a This book studies culture in terms of myths and how they function to construct the identity of communities. It focuses on myth formation in the fiction of Chinua Achebe and Amitav Ghosh, two major twentieth century authors from Nigeria and India respectively. The book analyses how these two authors use myth in their works to study the cultural mores of the societies they represent. Achebe represents the Igbo community of Nigeria and Amitav Ghosh represents various communities in India in both the pre-colonial and postcolonial phases, ranging from Bihar to Sundarbans in south Bengal. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 600 10 $a Achebe, Chinua $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Ghosh, Amitav, $d 1956- $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Achebe, Chinua. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00037402 600 17 $a Ghosh, Amitav, $d 1956- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01798231 650 0 $a Myth in literature. 650 0 $a Group identity in literature. 650 7 $a Group identity in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00948452 650 7 $a Myth in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01031692 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DE89B72EEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search