History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedyPresents the Indian literatures, not in isolation in one another, but as related components in a larger complex, conspicuous by the existence of age-old multilingualism and a variety of literary traditions. -- |
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Contents
AuthorReaderIntermediaries | 1 |
Literary Interactions | 34 |
Political Movements and Indian Writers | 61 |
TV T H E N E W H E R O ES | 74 |
FRUSTRATION AND HOPE | 80 |
The Reconstruction of the Past | 94 |
Myths and Modern Indian Literature | 123 |
Indian Theatre and the Drama | 150 |
RELIGION AND LITERATURE | 361 |
VOICES OF SEPARATISM | 364 |
Triumph and Tragedy | 370 |
PUNJAB | 371 |
THE AGONY OF SINDH | 375 |
TV THE TRAUMA OF BENGAL | 376 |
MEMORY AND INSANITY | 379 |
VIOLENCE AND SENSE OF SIN | 381 |
THEMES AND IDEOLOGY | 163 |
Phases of Indian Poetry | 180 |
TAGORE | 192 |
THE RISE OF THE AVANTEGARDE | 215 |
The Other Harmony | 237 |
Indian Fiction | 257 |
THE NOVEL | 276 |
Caste and the Underpriviledged | 301 |
PATHOS ANGER IRONY | 317 |
Women | 323 |
THE GIRL CHILD | 324 |
THE MARRIED WOMEN | 327 |
ROLES OF WOMEN | 329 |
Wife Mother Widow Prostitute Love and Social Authority The Voices of Protest | 341 |
Harmony and Discord | 349 |
THE VISION OF INDIA | 351 |
COMMUNALISM CONDEMNED | 354 |
Communalism and the Writers Dilemma The Assasination of Gandhi | 382 |
LiterATURE DIVIDEDP | 385 |
REGIONALISM | 386 |
A BRAVE NEW WORLD | 390 |
Epilogue | 396 |
SEX AND MORALITY | 402 |
THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE | 405 |
THE CITY AND THE VILLAGE | 406 |
SAMAJA | 410 |
THE HERO THE HEROINE AND THE VILLAIN | 414 |
WHERE IS BHARATVARSHAP | 417 |
Notes | 420 |
Bibliography | 448 |
A Chronology of Literary Events | 461 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy Volume 1 of A History of Indian Literature 1911-1956 Volume 2 of History of Indian Literature, Sisir Kumar Das |
| Author | Sisir Kumar Das |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Sahitya Akademi, 2005 |
| ISBN | 8172017987, 9788172017989 |
| Length | 908 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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