Between Love and Freedom

The Revolutionary in the Hindi Novel

Autori

• Nikhil Govind

Parametri

• 200 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Arte / Cultura
• Letteratura regionale e d'esilio
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia
• Sulla letteratura

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This book investigates the figure of the revolutionary in the Hindi novel by establishing its lineage in the literary tradition of the Bengali novel from the 1880s to the 1920s, as well as its location in the historical world of the 1920s in the debate between Gandhi and the revolutionaries, through an exploration of narrative, sexuality and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Udaya Kumar. The Revolutionary: Introspection and Extrospection. 1. Strands from the Bengali Literary Heritage: The Construction of the Moral Revolutionary 2. Bhagat Singh and Gandhi: Competing Moralities of Revolutionary Sacrifice 3. Jainendra Kumar and the Hindi Novelistic Tradition: The Political Revolutionary in the Social, Filial, and Affective Spheres 4. Agyeya: Enmeshments of Revolutionary Subjectivity 5. Yashpal's Novels: Revolutionaries, Social Relations, and the Reconsolidation of the Realist Narrative. Conclusion. Bibliography. About the Author. Index

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2014