A History of Indian Literature. Volume VIII: 1800-1910, Western Impact: Indian Response [reprint ed.] 8172010060, 9788172010065

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