Periodicals, readers and the making of a modern literary culture : Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century / by Samarpita Mitra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitra, Samarpita, author.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; Volume 52.

Brill's Indological library ; Volume 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bengali periodicals--History--20th century.

Bengali periodicals.

Bengal (India)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Bengal (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

In Periodicals, Readers and the Making of a Modern Literary Culture: Bengal at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Samarpita Mitra studies literary periodicals as a particular print form, and reveals how their production and circulation were critical to the formation of a Bengali public sphere during the turn of the twentieth century. Given its polyphonic nature, capacity for sustaining debates and adaptability by readers with diverse reading competencies, periodicals became the preferred means for dispensing modern education and entertainment through the vernacular. The book interrogates some of the defining debates that shaped readers’ perspectives on critical social issues and explains how literary culture was envisioned as an indicator of the emergent nation. Finally it looks at the Bengali-Muslim and women’s periodicals and their readerships and argues that the presence of multiple literary voices make it impossible to speak of Bengali literary culture in any singular terms.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-42708-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004427082 DOI