The idea of Indian literature : gender, genre, and comparative method
Preetha Mani
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
| Omfang | xi, 274 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: The Idea of Indian Literature -- Comparative Worldings: The Case of Indian Literatures -- Citations of Sympathy: How the Hindi and Tamil Short Story Gained Preeminence -- Modernist Realism: The Literary Historical Imperative of Postindependence Indian Literatures -- Empathetic Connections: Communalism, Caste, and Feminine Desire in Postindependence -- The Right to Write: Authorizing Feminine Desire in the Hindi and Tamil Canons -- Conclusion: Ten Theses on the Idea of Indian Literature.. - "Preetha Mani examines canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories of the mid-twentieth century to redefine Indian literature as constituted by the irresolvable questions of its multiple languages' relationship to its literatures"--
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| ISBN | 9780810144996. - 9780810145009
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