Poetry, Politics and Culture

Essays on Indian Texts and Contexts

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Poetry, Politics and Culture by Akshaya Kumar, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Akshaya Kumar ISBN: 9781317809623
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 14, 2014
Imprint: Routledge India Language: English
Author: Akshaya Kumar
ISBN: 9781317809623
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 14, 2014
Imprint: Routledge India
Language: English

This book maps the journey of the Indian poetic imagination—in Hindi, Panjabi and Indian English—from its original quasi-spiritual longings to its activist interventions in the public domain. As Indian poetry of the post-1990s gravitates towards a non-Orientalised postcolonial nationalism, it seeks to rewrite and disseminate the shifting coordinates of nationalist imagination in terms of the dissent of the subaltern discontents of the nation.

The book is interdisciplinary: it studies Indian poetry from the new emerging imperatives of postcolonialism, new historiography (subaltern, dalit and diasporas), nationalism, and cultural studies. Covering the two major north Indian languages—Hindi and Punjabi—along with poetry in Indian English, the book is a close textual study of about 150 poetry collections in these languages. It is path-breaking in its study of secular poetry written in the so-called vernaculars, with critical attention to its participation in the political as well as cultural processes of nation-making.

This cutting-edge book should be of interest to scholars of Indian writings in English, Hindi and Panjabi, gender studies, dalit and diaspora studies, postcolonial poetry and to students reading South Asian literature and culture.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book maps the journey of the Indian poetic imagination—in Hindi, Panjabi and Indian English—from its original quasi-spiritual longings to its activist interventions in the public domain. As Indian poetry of the post-1990s gravitates towards a non-Orientalised postcolonial nationalism, it seeks to rewrite and disseminate the shifting coordinates of nationalist imagination in terms of the dissent of the subaltern discontents of the nation.

The book is interdisciplinary: it studies Indian poetry from the new emerging imperatives of postcolonialism, new historiography (subaltern, dalit and diasporas), nationalism, and cultural studies. Covering the two major north Indian languages—Hindi and Punjabi—along with poetry in Indian English, the book is a close textual study of about 150 poetry collections in these languages. It is path-breaking in its study of secular poetry written in the so-called vernaculars, with critical attention to its participation in the political as well as cultural processes of nation-making.

This cutting-edge book should be of interest to scholars of Indian writings in English, Hindi and Panjabi, gender studies, dalit and diaspora studies, postcolonial poetry and to students reading South Asian literature and culture.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Between Citizen and State by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Sophocles by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Managing Classrooms and Student Behavior by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Fighting Songs and Warring Words by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Globalization, Governmentality and Global Politics by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Franciscan Spirituality and Mission in New Spain, 1524-1599 by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Chinese Firms, Global Firms by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Recovery from Disaster by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Lenin and Revolutionary Russia by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Improving Induction by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Writing Voices by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Attention Deficit Disorder by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Classification Made Simple by Akshaya Kumar
Cover of the book Europe in the Eighteenth Century 1713-1789 by Akshaya Kumar
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy