The Making of Modern Hindi
Literary Authority in Colonial North India
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9780199489091
Publication date:
12/09/2018
Hardback
312 pages
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ISBN:
9780199489091
Publication date:
12/09/2018
Hardback
312 pages
Sujata S. Mody
In the early twentieth century the nationalist desire for cultural self-identification was gaining ground. It was in this context that Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi launched his multimedia campaign of constructing a new Hindi literary establishment.
As the long-time editor of the Hindi journal Sarasvatī, Dwivedi’s influence was so far-reaching that this period of modern literature in Hindi is known as the Dwivedi era. The Making of Modern Hindi presents Dwivedi as a dynamic and influential arbiter of literary modernity whose exchanges with competing authorities are an important piece in the history of Hindi literature.
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Sujata S. Mody
Description
As the long-time editor of the Hindi journal Sarasvatī, Dwivedi’s influence was so far-reaching that this period of modern literature in Hindi is known as the Dwivedi era. However, he had to face stiff opposition as well. Sujata Mody’s book sheds light on the interactions between Dwivedi and his supporters and detractors and shows how Dwivedi’s responses to challenges were pragmatic and strategically varied. The Making of Modern Hindi presents Dwivedi as a dynamic and influential arbiter of literary modernity whose exchanges with competing authorities are an important piece in the history of Hindi literature.
About the Author
Sujata S. Mody is associate professor of Hindi–Urdu in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Her research interests include modern Hindi literature, literary rivalries, historical fiction, visual culture, and the broader connections between gender, nationalism, and the public sphere in South Asia.
Sujata S. Mody
Table of contents
List of Figures vii
Note on Transliteration ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1 Sensationalizing Hindi: An Illustrated Agenda 23
2 Prescriptive Prose: Literary Progress in the Age of Colonialism 89
3 Image-Inspired Poetry and the Art of Compromise 135
4 Rise of the Modern Hindi Short Story 178
5 Alternate Realms of Authority: Literary Nationalism in Two Landmark Short Stories 214
Afterword 261
Bibliography 270
Index 284
About the Author 295
Sujata S. Mody
Sujata S. Mody
Description
As the long-time editor of the Hindi journal Sarasvatī, Dwivedi’s influence was so far-reaching that this period of modern literature in Hindi is known as the Dwivedi era. However, he had to face stiff opposition as well. Sujata Mody’s book sheds light on the interactions between Dwivedi and his supporters and detractors and shows how Dwivedi’s responses to challenges were pragmatic and strategically varied. The Making of Modern Hindi presents Dwivedi as a dynamic and influential arbiter of literary modernity whose exchanges with competing authorities are an important piece in the history of Hindi literature.
About the Author
Sujata S. Mody is associate professor of Hindi–Urdu in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Her research interests include modern Hindi literature, literary rivalries, historical fiction, visual culture, and the broader connections between gender, nationalism, and the public sphere in South Asia.
Table of contents
List of Figures vii
Note on Transliteration ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1 Sensationalizing Hindi: An Illustrated Agenda 23
2 Prescriptive Prose: Literary Progress in the Age of Colonialism 89
3 Image-Inspired Poetry and the Art of Compromise 135
4 Rise of the Modern Hindi Short Story 178
5 Alternate Realms of Authority: Literary Nationalism in Two Landmark Short Stories 214
Afterword 261
Bibliography 270
Index 284
About the Author 295
