TY - BOOK AU - Chaudhuri,Rosinka TI - The literary thing: history, poetry, and the making of a modern culture sphere SN - 9780198089667 U1 - 891.4409 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bengali literature KW - History and criticism KW - Bengali poetry KW - Nationalism in literature KW - History in literature KW - Culture in literature KW - Bengali KW - Literatur N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch.1- Disjunctions, Conjunctions Ch. 2- (i) Reading Iswarchandra Gupta (1812-1859) (ii) Poet of the Present: The Material Object in the World of Iswar Gupta Ch. 3- 'Another Wonder of the Nineteenth Century': Rangalal Bandyopadhyay (1827-1887) Ch.4- (i) Event, Anecdote, Iconicity: The Legend of Michael Madhusudan Datta (ii) Michael Madhusudan Datta and the Marxist Understanding of the 'Real Renaissance' in Bengal Ch. 5- (i) Hemchandra's ^Bhdrat sah^t' (1870) and the Politics of Poetry: A Pre-History of Hindu Nationalism in Bengal (ii) Cutlets or Fish Curry?: Debating Indian Authenticity Ch. 6- (i) History in Poetry: Nabinchandra Sen's Paldsiryuddha (1875) and the Question of Truth (ii) The Curious Case of Nabinchandra Sen and the Textbook Committee: An Investigation into Hindu/Muslim Representations Ch. 7- Rabindranaths Early Style and Reconstruction of the Past ER -