Re-Presenting History in Amitav Ghosh: A Critical study of The Glass Palace

ABSTRACT

Philip Sidney is absolutely accurate when he remarks that literature is more philosophical than philosophy and more historical than history. The present paper revolves around the theme of re-presentation of history in Amitav Ghosh’s novel titled The Glass Palace. The novel tells the tale of three generations of the two families in Burma, India and Malaya from 1885 to 1956. It is about Burma’s colonization by the British. Rajkumar, the protagonist, struggles in order to survive in the colonial turmoil. The paper is an attempt to show the portrayal of historical elements incorporated in The Glass Palace.

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