Indian Streams Research Journal

Volume : V, Issue : XI, December - 2015

A TALE OF GROWTH: READING BHARATI MUKHERJEE’S THE HOLDER OF THE WORLD AS BILDUNGSROMAN

Darbarsing Dhansing Girase, -

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Bharati Mukherjee’s The Holder of the World is a multi-faceted and multi-dimensional novel which can be read on many levels. It is a fascinating account of greed and ambition, lust and power, battles and betrayals, travel and history, interesting ideas and difficult concepts woven around the life of an unusual 17th century American woman, Hannah Easton and her travels through England and then Moghul India, and the way it affects her personality. An attempt has been made here to examine if it is a kind of bildungsroman, a distinct kind of novel in its own way.

Keywords :

• understanding
• Hannah Easton
• bildungsroman
• development
• journey
• understanding
• Hannah Easton
• bildungsroman
• development
• journey

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19. Iyer, N. Sharada. Recent Indian English Fiction: Winners All the Way. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers & Distributers. 2011. Print.
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22. Cuddon, J. A. (Ed.) (1976). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 4th ed. Maya Blackwell DOABA HOUSE, Delhi. 1998. Print.
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24. Iyer, N. Sharada. Recent Indian English Fiction: Winners All the Way. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers & Distributers. 2011. Print.
25. Kumar, Nagendra. The Fiction of Bharati Mukherjee: A Cultural Perspective. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributers, 2001. Print.

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