Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in the Nineteenth-Century South India - Couverture rigide

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Ebeling, Sascha

 
9789381406137: Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in the Nineteenth-Century South India
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ISBN 10 : 9381406138 ISBN 13 : 9789381406137
Editeur : Dev Publishers & Distributors, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sascha Ebeling is Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.

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Éditeur
Dev Publishers & Distributors
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9381406138
ISBN 13 
9789381406137
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
379
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781438432007: Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-century South India (Suny Series in Hindu Studies)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1438432003 ISBN 13 :  9781438432007
Editeur : State Univ of New York Pr, 2011
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