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The Great Political Fictions: Midnight’s Children

Past Present Future

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Analyzing the Democratic Body Politic

This chapter delves into the complexities of symbolizing a democratic body politic in politics, contrasting it with artistic interpretations like Walt Whitman's poetry and Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children set in India in 1947. It discusses the challenges of representing a democratic body politic and explores themes of division in identity and nations.

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