A Space For Debate: Fashioning the Urdu Novel in Colonial India
A Space For Debate: Fashioning the Urdu Novel in Colonial India
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University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press
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The novel emerged in South Asia not as an import from Europe, but rather as the product of multiple sources and as a genre capable of fulfilling a distinct function. I argue that the novel as a genre arose in colonial India because of its ability to hold divergent points of view and to subtly critique the British government. I focus on two early Ur...
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A Space For Debate: Fashioning the Urdu Novel in Colonial India
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1832918244
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1832918244
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0010-4132
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1528-4212
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10.5325/complitstudies.53.2.0289
