Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism - The Bard and the Raj

Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th century Indian intelligentsia from Bengal and their ambivalent approach to the Indian Renaissance and consequent nationalist project.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Beginning of Shakespeare Study in India


2. Imperfect Interfaces: Vidyasagar, Hemchandra, Girishchandra, and Their Shakespeare


3. Raging the Storm: Bankimchandra, Rabindranath, and The Tempest


4. Murders in Shakespeare: Othello and a Forgotten Native


5. Weight of this sad time...: King Lear and the Fear of the Raj?


6. And the Bard Raj continues...: Nationalism, Shakespeare, and Postcolonial India

About the author

Manojit Mandal is a Professor of English at Jadavpur University and at present the Chair of the department. He has published several articles in various national/international journals and books in the fields of Shakespeare, postcolonial theory, Shakespeare in Bengal, Tagore, and disability studies. He has published two books in the area of disability studies and higher education in India. He is also the Joint Coordinator, Centre for Studies in Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing, JU, and is the Principal Investigator on two UGC-RUSAII projects on Tagore, transnationalism, and global south.

Summary

Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th century Indian intelligentsia from Bengal and their ambivalent approach to the Indian Renaissance and consequent nationalist project.

Product details

• Authors: Manojit Mandal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032379234
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237923-4
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: postcolonial literature