Table of contents : Preface Abbreviations Prologue I THE IDEA OF AN INDIAN LITERAIURE II INDIAN LITERARY HISTORY: THE BASIC FRAMEWORK III MODAHTIES IV PERIODIZATION Part One 1 Factors of Change I LINGUISTIC SITUATION II INTERVENTION OF ENGLISH III PRINTING AND ORAL TRANSMISSION IV CHANGE IN PATRONAGE V PRO-PHANE AND META-PHANE 1800-1835 2 The Process of Transition I CONTINUITY OI THE TRADITION Il THF SANSKRI11C COMPONENT III THE PERSO-ARABIC COMPONENT IV INNOVATIONS FROM WITHIN 3 The Emergence of the Other Harmony I INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS OF INDIAN PROSE II INDIAN PROSE AND THE ROLE OF THE FOREIGNERS III TRANSLATIONS IV JOURNALISM AND INDIAN PROSE V INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1835-1857 4 The Old Order: Stability and Change I LITERARY RESPONSE TO BRITISH EXPANSION II ‘INTERPRETERS BETWEEN US AND THE MILLIONS WHOM WE GOVERN’ III LITERATURE UNINTERRUPTED IV THF REDOLENCE OF A COURT LITERATURE V A POET BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES 5 The Onset of the Western Impact I RESPONSE TO THE CHANGING REALITY II DIFFUSION OF WESTERN KNOWLEDGE III PROSE AND THE NEW READER IV WOMEN V THE GROWTH OF FICTION VI THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW DRAMA 1857-1885 6 Patriotism, Communalism and Language Tension I THE REBELLION OF 1857 AND INDIAN LITERATURE II MUSLIM ATTITUDE TO WESTERNIZATION III HIE LANGUAGE OF POWER IV LINGUISTIC HEGEMONY V THF BATTLE BETWEEN HINDI AND URDU 7 Poetry: Old and New I THE MANIFESTO OF NEW POETRY II TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS III THE NEW NARRATIVE POEMS IV NEW LYRICS V CONFLICTS AND RECONCILIATION 8 Explorations into New Forms and Ideas I EXPERIMENTS WITH STYLE II VARIOUS FORMS OF PROSE LITERATURE III JOURNALS AND PROSE LITERATURE IV WOMEN AND THE DEPRESSED CLASS V PROSE AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS VI HISTORY VII TRAVELOGUES VIII TRANSLATIONS 9 The New Stage: The New Plays I THE SEARCH FOR A NEW THEATRE II PARALLEL STREAMS OF DRAMA 10 The Novel I THE DIDACTIC AND THE MARVELLOUS II BANKIM AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 1885-1910 11 The Literary Panoroma I THE BACKDROP II LITERARY INTERACTIONS III RESPONSE TO NEW SITU A PIONS IV THE WRITER AND THE READER 12 The Varieties of Prose I MODELS OF PROSE II PROSE AND JOURNALS III BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY IV AUTOBIOGRAPHY V TRAVELOGUE 13 Indian Drama in Transition I TWO STREAMS OF INDIAN DRAMA II THE IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC THEATRE III MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORY 14 The World of Fiction I past: pride and prejudice II present: real and ideal III THE SHORT STORY 15 Many Voices of Indian Poetry I THE CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO TRADITIONS II EPIC TRADITION III NEW NARRATIVE POEMS IV THE NEW QUEST Epilogue Appendices Notes and References Select Bibliography Part Two. A Chronology of Literary Events Introduction Chronology Indexes I NAME INDEX II TITLE INDEX III SUBJECT INDEX IV INDEX OF ORGANIZATIONS