the transformation of Tamil literature in nineteenth-century South India /
First Statement of Responsibility
Sascha Ebeling.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Albany :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
State University of New York Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiii, 355 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
SUNY series in Hindu studies
GENERAL NOTES
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 2005.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-340) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Literature and society-- India, South-- History-- 19th century.
Tamil literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.