TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deśapāṇḍe,Kusumāvati
AU  - Rajadhyaksha, M.V. 
TI  - A history of Marathi literature
U1  - 891.46 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sahitya Akademi
KW  - Marathi Literature
KW  - 20th Centurey
KW  - History and Criticism
KW  - Mukteshwar and Secular Poetry
N1  - Includes index; Include bibliography; PART I The Old Period
Maharashtra -- The Marathi Language -- Early Marathi Literature -- The Mahanubhava Writers -- Jnaneshwar and the Warkari Panth -- Eknath and Mukteshwar -- Eknath -- Dasopant and Others -- Mukteshwar and Secular Poetry -- Tukaram -- Ramdas -- The Prose of the Age -- Twilight Days -- Wamanpandit and the Akhyan Poets -- The Age of the Peshwas 

PART II The Pre-Modern Period ; 1 (1818-1874)
Political and Social Background -- Prose -- The Rise of Periodicals -- Fiction: The Beginnings -- The Realistic Novel -- The 'Romances' -- The Historical Novel -- Drama : The Beginnings -- Poetry : A Variety of Strains, Old and New

PART III The Pre-Modern Period : 2 (1874-1885)
Vishnushastri Chiplunkar (1850-1882) -- Drama -- Fiction -- Poetry -- Biography and Criticism 

PART IV The Modern Period : I (1885-1920)
The Growth of Prose -- Agarkar and Tilak -- Bal Gangadhar Tilak -- Shivaram Mahadeo Paranjpe -- Other Prose Writers -- Growth of the Novel and the Short Story -- After Apte -- Keshavsut and the Poetry of his Age -- Ehrama -- Short Story -- Other Literary Forms -- Periodicals -- Literary Criticism -- Conclusion 

PART V The Modern Period : 2 (1920-1960)
Introduction -- Poetry -- Novel -- Short Story -- Drama -- Biography -- Autobiography -- Personal Essay -- Prose of Thought -- Travelogue -- Humour -- Character Sketch -- Letters -- Satya-Chaata -- Literary Criticism -- Periodicals

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