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Colonizing the realm of words : the transformation of Tamil literature in nineteenth-century South India / Sascha Ebeling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ebeling, Sascha.
- Series:
- SUNY series in Hindu studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tamil literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Tamil literature.
- Literature and society--India, South--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- History.
- South India.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2010]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438431994
- 1438431996
- OCLC:
- 495597244
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