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Periodicals, readers and the making of a modern literary culture : Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century
- Title
- Periodicals, readers and the making of a modern literary culture : Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century / by Samarpita Mitra.
- Author
- Mitra, Samarpita
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
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- Description
- x, 435 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In Periodicals, Readers and the Making of a Modern Literary Culture: Bengal at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Samarpita Mitra studies literary periodicals as a particular print form, and reveals how their production and circulation were critical to the formation of a Bengali public sphere during the turn of the twentieth century. Given its polyphonic nature, capacity for sustaining debates and adaptability by readers with diverse reading competencies, periodicals became the preferred means for dispensing modern education and entertainment through the vernacular. The book interrogates some of the defining debates that shaped readers' perspectives on critical social issues and explains how literary culture was envisioned as an indicator of the emergent nation. Finally it looks at the Bengali-Muslim and women's periodicals and their readerships and argues that the presence of multiple literary voices make it impossible to speak of Bengali literary culture in any singular terms"--
- Series Statement
- Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 52
- Uniform Title
- Brill's Indological library ; v. 52.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2697
- ISBN
- 9789004425644
- 9004425640
- LCCN
- 2020002527
- OCLC
- 1129870113
- Author
- Mitra, Samarpita, author.
- Title
- Periodicals, readers and the making of a modern literary culture : Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century / by Samarpita Mitra.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 52Brill's Indological library ; v. 52.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Mitra, Samarpita, Periodicals, readers and the making of a modern literary culture: Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004427082 (DLC) 2020002528
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2697