1st Edition

The Novel in India Its Birth and Development

Edited By T. W. Clark Copyright 1970
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1970, The Novel in India traces the birth and development of prose fiction in Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. It is addressed not only to academic students of Asian culture but to all who are interested in literary history. India and Pakistan have many great literatures, but they are almost unknown beyond their own boundaries. Language is a formidable... Read more

1. Introduction T. W. Clark 2. Bengali Prose Fiction up to Bankimcandra T. W. Clark 3. Early Prose Fiction in Marathi I. M. P. Raeside 4. The Development of the Modern Novel in Urdu R. Russell 5. The Rise of Standard Hindi and Early Hindi Prose Fiction R. S. McGregor 6. The Tamil Renaissance and the Beginnings of the Tamil Novel R. E. Asher 7. Three Novelist of Kerala R. E. Asher Index

Biography

T. W. Clark