World Literature and the Question of Genre in Colonial India: Poetry, Drama, and Print Culture 1790-1890

Kulkarni, Kedar Arun

ISBN 10: 9354356699 / ISBN 13: 9789354356698

Published by Bloomsbury Academic India, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Literature and the Question of Genre in Colonial India: Poetry, Drama, and Print Culture 1790-1890
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic India
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354356699
• ISBN 13: 9789354356698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

World Literature and the Question of Genre in Colonial India describes the way Marathi literary culture, entrenched in performative modes of production and reception, saw the germination of a robust, script-centric dramatic culture owing to colonial networks of literary exchange and the newfound, wide availability of print technology. ­The author demonstrates the upheaval that literary culture underwent as a new class of literati emerged: anthologists, critics, theatre makers, publishers and translators. ­These people participated in global conversations that left their mark on theory in the early twentieth century. Reading through archives and ephemera, Kedar Arun Kulkarni illustrates how literary cultures in colonised locales converged with and participated fully in key defining moments of world literature, but also diverged from them to create, simultaneously, a unique literary modernity.

About the Author

Kedar A. Kulkarni is Assistant Professor – Literary & Cultural Studies, Department of Humanities and Languages, Flame University, Pune, India.