The invention of private life : literature and ideas / Sudipta Kaviraj.

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9780231174381 (cloth : acidfree paper)
9780231174398 (pbk. : acidfree paper)

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891.440 23 KAV

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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 --

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Literature	Fiction	891.440 KAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		37277

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 --

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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