Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:04:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Pallavi Rastogi <prastogi-AT-emerald.tufts.edu> Subject: Re: Enlish in India Dear Priti, I would recommend Svati Joshi's *Rethinking English: Essays in Literature, Language, and History*. It has great essays by Aijaz Ahmad, Kumkum Sangari, Harish Trivedi, Urvashi Butalia, and Tejasvini Niranjana. Also Braj Kachru's *The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures* Pallavi On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Priti Joshi wrote: > For a paper on the History of the English language (which I don't teach), a > student recently asked me for "books or articles on the introduction of the > English language into India and maybe its history since then (depending on > how long the paper gets)...." > > I can think of some of the obvious suspects, but thought I'd call on the > collective wisdom of the group. If this isn't considered of interest to > all, please reply privately. > > Thanks in advance, > > Priti. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Priti Joshi > English & Women's Studies > University of Puget Sound > 1500 North Warner St. > Tacoma, WA 98416 > Ph: (253) 879-3286 > Fax: (253) 879-3500 > email: pjoshi-AT-ups.edu > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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