ISBN:
1438431996
,
9781438431994
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIII, 355 S.
,
Ill.
Series Statement:
Suny series in Hindu studies
Dissertation note:
Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Diss., 2005
DDC:
894.8/1109004
Keywords:
Tamil literature History and criticism 19th century
;
Literature and society History 19th century
;
Tamil literature
;
19th century
;
History and criticism
;
Literature and society
;
India, South
;
History
;
19th century
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Tamil
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Tamil
;
Literatur
;
Kolonialismus
;
Tamil
;
Literatur
;
Kulturkontakt
;
Westliche Welt
;
Tamil
;
Literatur
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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