Cosmopolitan dreams : the making of modern Urdu literary culture in colonial South Asia /

In late nineteenth-century South Asia, the arrival of print fostered a dynamic and interactive literary culture. There, within the pages of Urdu-language periodicals and newspapers, readers found a public sphere that not only catered to their interests but encouraged their reactions to featured cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dubrow, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Urdu literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > South Asia > History > 19th century.
Littérature ourdoue > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Asie méridionale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Literature and society.
Urdu literature.
South Asia.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Printing the cosmopolis : authors and journals in the age of print
  • The novel in installments : Fasana-e Azad and literary modernity
  • Experiments with form : Avadh punch, satirical journalism, and colonial critique
  • Reading the world : the Urdu print public sphere and the Hindi/Urdu divide.

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