Modernity, Print and Sahitya

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.

Autorentext

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

Inhalt
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