{"product_id":"the-idea-of-indian-literature-volume-41-gender-genre-and-comparative-method-paperback-softback-9780810144996","title":"The Idea of Indian Literature Volume 41; Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810144996","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Idea of Indian Literature Volume 41\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGender, Genre, and Comparative Method\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePreetha Mani (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810144996, Northwestern University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 August 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.151 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Indian literature is necessarily an abstract ideal. But it is also a common project that writers working in often mutually unintelligible languages share. Hindi and Tamil may stand at opposite ends of the subcontinent and animate very different literary and sociopolitical communities. Yet Hindi and Tamil writers, this wonderfully researched and theoretically astute book shows, share ideas of genre and gender, theories and practices of translation, even rhetorical and stylistic choices. Indian literature is comparative literature, and Preetha Mani’s brilliant book shows us just how. A must read for anyone interested in how national literature works in a multilingual nation.” —Francesca Orsini, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hindi Public Sphere 1920–1940: Language and Literature in the Age of Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIndian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature, written in as well as against English. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. In \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Indian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, she explores the paradox that a single canon can be written in multiple languages, each with their own evolving relationships to one another and to English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHindi, representing national aspirations, and Tamil, epitomizing the secessionist propensities of the region, are conventionally viewed as poles of the multilingual continuum within Indian literature. Mani shows, however, that during the twentieth century, these literatures were coconstitutive of one another and of the idea of Indian literature itself. The writers discussed here—from short-story forefathers Premchand and Pudumaippittan to women trailblazers Mannu Bhandari and R. Chudamani—imagined a pan-Indian literature based on literary, rather than linguistic, norms, even as their aims were profoundly shaped by discussions of belonging unique to regional identity. Tracing representations of gender and the uses of genre in the shifting thematic and aesthetic practices of short vernacular prose writing, the book offers a view of the Indian literary landscape as itself a field for comparative literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Translation and Transliteration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Idea of Indian Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Comparative Worldings: The Case of Indian Literatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Citations of Sympathy: How the Hindi and Tamil Short Story Gained Preeminence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Modernist Realism: The Literary Historical Imperative of Postindependence Indian Literatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Empathetic Connections: Communalism, Caste, and Feminine Desire in Postindependence Hindi and Tamil Short Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Right to Write: Authorizing Feminine Desire in the Hindi and Tamil Canons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Ten Theses on the Idea of Indian Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555667210520,"sku":"9780810144996","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-idea-of-indian-literature-volume-41-gender-genre-and-comparative-method-paperback-softback-9780810144996","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}