Rosinka Chaudhuri

The Literary Thing

History, Poetry, and the Making of a Modern Literary Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring certain cultural turning points in the history of Bengali literature, this study investigates the place of the aesthetic, the political, and the collective in the composition of a literary culture; by doing so, it reveals the relevance and significance of this sphere to our self-making as Indians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198089667
• ISBN-10: 019808966X
• Artikelnr.: 36647284

Autorenporträt

Rosinka Chaudhuri is Fellow in Cultural Studies, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Disjunctions, Conjunctions - Reading Iswarchandra Gupta (1812-1859) - Poet of the Present: The Material Object in the World of Iswar Gupta - 'Another Wonder of the Nineteenth Century': Rangalal Bandyopadhyay (1827-1887) - Event, Anecdote, Iconicity: The Legend of Michael Madhusudan Datta - Michael Madhusudan Datta and the Marxist Understanding of the 'Real Renaissance' in Bengal - Hemchandra's 'Bharat sangit' (1870) and the Politics of Poetry: A Pre-History of Hindu Nationalism in Bengal - Cutlets or Fish Curry?: Debating Indian Authenticity - History in Poetry: Nabinchandra Sen's Palasir yuddha (1875) and the Question of Truth - The Curious Case of Nabinchandra Sen and the Textbook Committee: An Investigation into Hindu/Muslim Representations - Rabindranath's Early Style and Reconstruction of the Past.