| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 355 pages) : illustrations |
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SUNY series in Hindu studies |
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SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 over two thousand years. On the basis of extensive archival research, Sascha Ebeling tackles a host of issues pertinent to Tamil elite literary production and consumption during the nineteenth century. These include the functioning and decline of traditional systems in which poet-scholars were patronized by religious institutions, landowners, and local kings; the anatomy of changes in textual practices, genres, styles, poetics, themes, tastes, and audiences; and the role of literature in the politics of social reform, gender, and incipient nationalism. The work concludes with a discussion of the most striking literary development of the timeùthe emergence of the Tamil novel. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tamil literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Literature and society -- India, South -- History -- 19th century
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Literature and society
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Tamil literature
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Literatur.
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Roman.
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Tamil.
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Kolonialismus.
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Literaturproduktion.
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South India
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441674098 |
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1441674098 |
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1438432011 |
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9781438432014 |
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