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Author Akshaya Kumar, author.

Title Poetry, politics, and culture : essays on Indian texts and contexts / Akshaya Kumar.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

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Summary Study of Hindi poetry from 15th century to 20th century, Marathi, Gujarati, Panjabi, and Indic English poetry of the post-1947 period.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-388) and index.
Contents Negotiating nationalism(s): Hindi poetry during and after the colonial period -- De-fetishizing home/homelessness: 'nation' in post-1990s Hindi poetry -- From hyphen to high-fun: towards a topology of new Indian English diaspora poetry -- From nationalist icon to subaltern subject and beyond: latter-day Meeras -- Kissa as the locus of cultural history: Kissa Pooran Bhagat in modern Punjabi literature -- Translating Bhakti: versions of Kabir in the colonial/early nationalist period -- Anxieties of native descent/dissent: Bhakti sub-text of Indian English verse -- Poetry of incarceration: Punjabi prison poetry from Ghadar to emergency and beyond -- From participation to protest: political consciousness of modern Indian English poetry -- From confusion to consolidation: politics of counter-aesthetics in Dalit poetry -- On the frontiers of the public sphere: Indian women's poetry from pre-1947 to post-9/11.
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Language Passages translated from Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, and Panjabi.
Subject Indic poetry -- History and criticism.
Indic poetry.
Indic poetry (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Indic poetry (English)
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Politics in literature.
Politics in literature.
Culture in literature.
Culture in literature.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Akshaya Kumar. Poetry, politics, and culture 9780415480055 (DLC) 2008419073 (OCoLC)316510519
ISBN 9781317809630 (electronic book)
1317809637 (electronic book)
9780415480055
0415480051