Modernity, Print and Sahitya - The Making of a New Literary Culture, 1866-1919

The advent of print heralded a significant chapter in the history of colonial modernity in South Asia. This book narrates the story of the emergence of a new literary culture, Utkal sahitya or Odia literature, in the context of similar but conflicting linguistic-territorial cultures of Eastern India.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Sahitya in Times of Crisis: Transformations in a Literary Field 2. Print, Periodicals and the Odia Public Sphere 3. Reappraisals and Renewals: The Ancient versus the Modern 4. Mapping the Terrain and Legitimising the Past: The Carving of "Utkal Sahitya" 5. Towards the Shaping of a Moral Community 6. Odia Literary Modernity: Consolidations 7. Conclusion

About the author

Sumanyu Satpathy is Former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Delhi, India.

Summary

The advent of print heralded a significant chapter in the history of colonial modernity in South Asia. This book narrates the story of the emergence of a new literary culture, Utkal sahitya or Odia literature, in the context of similar but conflicting linguistic-territorial cultures of Eastern India.

Product details

• Authors: Sumanyu Satpathy, Satpathy Sumanyu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032555669
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255566-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, Odisha, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Indo-Iranian Languages, print culture;modern Indian languages;Odia literature