{"product_id":"literary-cultures-in-history-sheldon-pollock-9780520228214","title":"Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia","description":"A grand synthesis of unprecedented scope, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Cultures in History\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive history of the rich literary traditions of South Asia. Together these traditions are unmatched in their combination of antiquity, continuity, and multicultural complexity, and are a unique resource for understanding the development of language and imagination over time. In this unparalleled volume, an international team of renowned scholars considers fifteen South Asian literary traditions--including Hindi, Indian-English, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Urdu--in their full historical and cultural variety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume is united by a twofold theoretical aim: to understand South Asia by looking at it through the lens of its literary cultures and to rethink the practice of literary history by incorporating non-Western categories and processes. The questions these seventeen essays ask are accordingly broad, ranging from the character of cosmopolitan and vernacular traditions to the impact of colonialism and independence, indigenous literary and aesthetic theory, and modes of performance. A sophisticated assimilation of perspectives from experts in anthropology, political science, history, literary studies, and religion, the book makes a landmark contribution to historical cultural studies and to literary theory in addition to the new perspectives it offers on what literature has meant in South Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Available in South Asia from Oxford University Press--India)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheldon Pollock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520228219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520228214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.51w x 2.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 1074","brand":"Sheldon Pollock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056209195263,"sku":"9780520228214","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bb23c5a-5613-42cc-8f96-6d6545e8a26b.jpg?v=1685040100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literary-cultures-in-history-sheldon-pollock-9780520228214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}