The making of modern Hindi : literary authority in colonial North India /

By:

Mody, Sujata S [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford scholarship onliPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:

text
still image

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199093922 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

891.4309 23

LOC classification:

PK1939

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: A study on the politics of making Hindi modern in colonial North India, focusing on the figure of Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864-1938), whose unprecedented multi-media literary campaign as editor of a prominent journal paved the way for Hindi's progress. The work casts new light on Dwivedi as an innovative and dynamic arbiter of literary modernity, while also considering the tensions between the editor and others in his realm of influence.

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This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A study on the politics of making Hindi modern in colonial North India, focusing on the figure of Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864-1938), whose unprecedented multi-media literary campaign as editor of a prominent journal paved the way for Hindi's progress. The work casts new light on Dwivedi as an innovative and dynamic arbiter of literary modernity, while also considering the tensions between the editor and others in his realm of influence.

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