Colonizing the Realm of Words | The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India

Sascha Ebeling

ISBN 10: 1438432003 / ISBN 13: 9781438432007

Published by SUNY Press, 2011

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Colonizing the Realm of Words | The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India | Sascha Ebeling | Taschenbuch | SUNY series in Hindu Studies | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2011 | SUNY Press | EAN 9781438432007 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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• Title: Colonizing the Realm of Words | The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438432003
• ISBN 13: 9781438432007
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 22D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 616 grams
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Synopsis

Details the transformation of Tamil literary culture that came with colonialism and the encounter with Western modernity.

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 time-the emergence of the Tamil novel.

About the Author

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