1st Edition
The Oppressive Present Literature and Social Consciousness in Colonial India
Prologue to this Edition. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Crushed by English Poetry 2. Tradition: Orthodox and Heretical 3. Defining the Nation. Conclusion. Notes. About the Author. Index
Biography
Sudhir Chandra is currently Associate Fellow, Nantes Institute of Advanced Studies, France.
‘[A]n important addition to the growing literature on the social and cultural history of British India . . . [the book] offer[s] a knowledgeable and sensitive account . . . [Its] discussion of nationalism and communalism is illuminating . . . notable for its command over literature in several languages, and . . . nuanced reading of texts.’ — The Journal of Asian Studies
‘[A] very intelligent book . . . carefully researched.’ — American Historical Review
‘[Sudhir Chandra] presents aspects of [the] ‘other’ history in his representations of native resistances to colonization in nineteenth- and twentieth-century India. [He] attempts to recover certain vernacular texts from nineteenth-century India and seeks to create an alternate space from which to represent literary studies in India.’ — Modern Fiction Studies
