Colonizing the realm of words : the transformation of Tamil literature in nineteenth-century South India /

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A true tour de force, this book documents the transformation of one Indian literature, Tamil, under the impact of colonialism and Western modernity. While Tamil is a living language, it is also India's second oldest classical language next to Sanskrit, and has a literary history that goes back...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ebeling, Sascha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010.
Colección:SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Temas:
1800-1899
Tamil literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > India, South > History > 19th century.
Littérature tamoule > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Inde (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature and society
Tamil literature
Literatur.
Roman.
Tamil.
Kolonialismus.
Literaturproduktion.
South India
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Mapping the universe of the pulavar
  • Pulavars and potentates : structures of literary patronage at the Zamindars' courts and beyond
  • Towards the modern Tamil author : the colonial critique of the "vernacular" and mayuram
  • The emergence of the Tamil novel
  • Epilogue.

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