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Cold War Genres
- Local and International in Hindi Literature
Engelsk Hardback
Cold War Genres
- Local and International in Hindi Literature
Engelsk Hardback

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Argues that the post-independence period was a unique era of literary experimentation in Hindi literature, which must be read in the contexts of both local and global cultural, social, and literary history.

Cold War Genres explores post-independence Hindi literature, framing it within the sociopolitical backdrop of Nehruvian India during the early Cold War. The book underscores the pivotal role of Hindi''s claims to be a national language following independence, which fostered a unique moment of literary innovation. Central to its narrative is the work of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, a pivotal figure in modern South Asian literature. Using Muktibodh''s poetry, criticism, and fiction as a primary example, the book shows how literary form shapes a response to the internal contradictions of 1950s India, one that must be read in light of both the antinomies of Hindi literature and North India as well as the aesthetic debates and emerging ideas of global space during this time. Cold War Genres therefore functions as a lens to evaluate questions of genre and form shared by a range of literary cultures in the mid-twentieth-century decolonizing world. This book features extensive translations from Muktibodh''s poetry and prose, including full translations of two poems "Brahmarakas" (The Brahman Demon) and "Adhere me" (In the Dark).

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
314
ISBN-13:
9781438499598
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438499590
Udg. Dato:
1 okt 2024
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
1 okt 2024
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