{"product_id":"colonizing-the-realm-of-words-the-transformation-of-tamil-literature-in-nineteenth-century-south-india-9781438431994","title":"Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sascha Ebeling\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - South - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails the transformation of Tamil literary culture that came with colonialism and the encounter with Western modernity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 Sanskrit, and has a literary history that goes back over two thousand years. On the basis of extensive archival research, Sascha Ebeling tackles a host of issues pertinent to Tamil elite literary production and consumption during the nineteenth century. These include the functioning and decline of traditional systems in which poet-scholars were patronized by religious institutions, landowners, and local kings; the anatomy of changes in textual practices, genres, styles, poetics, themes, tastes, and audiences; and the role of literature in the politics of social reform, gender, and incipient nationalism. The work concludes with a discussion of the most striking literary development of the time-the emergence of the Tamil novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891410944151,"sku":"9781438431994","price":8719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781438431994.webp?v=1781183615","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/colonizing-the-realm-of-words-the-transformation-of-tamil-literature-in-nineteenth-century-south-india-9781438431994","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}