Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India by Sascha Ebeling

Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India

Sascha Ebeling

355 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

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A true tour de force, this book documents the transformation of one Indian literature, Tamil, under the impact of colonialism and Western modernity. While Tamil is a living language, it is also India's second oldest classical language next to Sans...

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