The invention of private life :
Kaviraj, Sudipta,
The invention of private life : literature and ideas / Sudipta Kaviraj. - New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] ©2015 - 370 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Literature as the Mirror of Modernity -- 1. On the Advantages of Being a Barbarian --
2. Literature and the Moral Imaginations of Modernity --
3. The Two Histories of Literary Culture in Bengal --
4. A Strange Love of Abstractions: The Making of a Language of Patriotism in Modern Bengali --
5. Tagore and Transformations in the Ideals of Love --
6. The Poetry of Interiority The Creation of a Language of Modern Subjectivity in Tagore's Poetry: The Creation of a Language of Modern Subjectivity in Tagore's Poetry --
7. Laughter and Subjectivity: The Self-Ironical Tradition in Bengali Literature --
8. Reading a Song of the City: Images of the City in Literature and Films --
9. The Art of Despair: The Sense of the City in Modern Bengali Poetry --
10. The Invention of Private Life: Reading of Sibnath Sastri's Autobiography --
11. The Second Mahabharata --
9780231174381 (cloth : acidfree paper) 9780231174398 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Bengali literature
Literature and society.--History and criticism.
891.440 / KAV
The invention of private life : literature and ideas / Sudipta Kaviraj. - New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] ©2015 - 370 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Literature as the Mirror of Modernity -- 1. On the Advantages of Being a Barbarian --
2. Literature and the Moral Imaginations of Modernity --
3. The Two Histories of Literary Culture in Bengal --
4. A Strange Love of Abstractions: The Making of a Language of Patriotism in Modern Bengali --
5. Tagore and Transformations in the Ideals of Love --
6. The Poetry of Interiority The Creation of a Language of Modern Subjectivity in Tagore's Poetry: The Creation of a Language of Modern Subjectivity in Tagore's Poetry --
7. Laughter and Subjectivity: The Self-Ironical Tradition in Bengali Literature --
8. Reading a Song of the City: Images of the City in Literature and Films --
9. The Art of Despair: The Sense of the City in Modern Bengali Poetry --
10. The Invention of Private Life: Reading of Sibnath Sastri's Autobiography --
11. The Second Mahabharata --
9780231174381 (cloth : acidfree paper) 9780231174398 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Bengali literature
Literature and society.--History and criticism.
891.440 / KAV