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The idea of Indian literature : gender, genre, and comparative method / Preetha Mani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mani, Preetha, author.
- Series:
- FlashPoints (Evanston, Ill.)
- FlashPoints
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indic literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Indic literature.
- Short stories, Hindi--History and criticism.
- Short stories, Hindi.
- Short stories, Tamil--History and criticism.
- Short stories, Tamil.
- Women in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 274 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Comparative Worldings: The Case of Indian Literatures
- ch. 2 Citations of Sympathy: How the Hindi and Tamil Short Story Gained Preeminence
- ch. 3 Modernist Realism: The Literary Historical Imperative of Postindependence Indian Literatures
- ch. 4 Empathetic Connections: Communalism, Caste, and Feminine Desire in Postindependence Hindi and Tamil Short Stories
- ch. 5 The Right to Write: Authorizing Feminine Desire in the Hindi and Tamil Canons.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780810144996
- 0810144999
- 9780810145009
- 0810145006
- OCLC:
- 1303569858
- Publisher Number:
- 99991028583
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