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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791067903321

Autore

Akshaya Kumar

Titolo

Poetry, politics and culture : essays on Indian texts and contexts / / Akshaya Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-138-38420-8

1-315-81610-5

1-317-80962-9

1-317-80963-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Disciplina

891.4

Soggetti

Indic poetry - History and criticism

Indic poetry (English) - 20th century - History and criticism

Politics in literature

Culture in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Transferred to Digital Printing 2009"--T. p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Section 1 Mapping 'Nation'/'Post-nation'; Section 1: Introduction; 1. Negotiating Nationalism(s): Hindi Poetry During and After the Colonial Period; 2. De-fetishizing Home/Homelessness: 'Nation' in Post-1990s Hindi Poetry; 3. From Hyphen to High-fun: Towards a Topology of New Indian English Diaspora Poetry; Section 2 Re-writing Culture; Section 2: Introduction; 4. From Nationalist Icon to Subaltern Subject and Beyond: Latter-day Meeras

5. Kissa as the Locus of Cultural History: Kissa Pooran Bhagat in Modern Punjabi Literature6. Translating Bhakti: Versions of Kabir in the Colonial/Early Nationalist Period; 7. Anxieties of Native Descent/Dissent: Bhakti Sub-text of Indian English Verse; Section 3 Disseminating Dissent; Section 3: Introduction; 8. Poetry of Incarceration: Punjabi Prison Poetry from Ghadar to Emergency and Beyond; 9. From Participation to Protest: Political Consciousness of Modern Indian English Poetry; 10. From Confusion to Consolidation: Politics of Counter-aesthetics in Dalit Poetry



11. On the Frontiers of the Public Sphere: Indian Women's Poetry from Pre-1947 to Post-9/11Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Study of Hindi poetry from 15th century to 20th century, Marathi, Gujarati, Panjabi, and Indic English poetry of the post-1947 period.