Colonizing the realm of words : the transformation of Tamil literature in nineteenth-century South India

Publication Data

• Title Colonizing the realm of words : the transformation of Tamil literature in nineteenth-century South India
• Author Sascha Ebeling
• Publisher SUNY Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Albany, N.Y.
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 2005.

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.

Topics

• Tamil literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Literature and society :: India, South :: History :: 19th century

Colonizing the realm of words : the transformation of Tamil literature in nineteenth-century South India by Sascha Ebeling. ISBN 9781438431994. Published by SUNY Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.