{"product_id":"colonizing-the-realm-of-words-sascha-ebeling-9781438432007","title":"Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sascha Ebeling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438432003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438432007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Sascha Ebeling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458271752447,"sku":"9781438432007","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d31612d1-18b8-4686-b0d7-fa9a2b8aaf7e.jpg?v=1777403400","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/colonizing-the-realm-of-words-sascha-ebeling-9781438432007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}