The Unhappy Consciousness Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and the Formation of Nationalist Discourse in India |
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| Author:
| Kaviraj, Sudipta |
| Series title: | SOAS Studies on South Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-564585-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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According to this book, the Bengali novelist Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay produced some of the most searching critical reflections on modernity in colonial India. Dr Kaviraj rejects the traditional view that Bankim was a conservative, arguing that we require a different and more complex description of the historical significance of his art.
According to this book, the Bengali novelist Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay produced some of the most searching critical reflections on modernity in colonial India. Dr Kaviraj rejects the traditional view that Bankim was a conservative, arguing that we require a different and more complex description of the historical significance of his art.