The Unhappy Consciousness: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and the Formation of Nationalist Discourse in India By Sudipta Kaviraj
1995 | 194 Pages | ISBN: 019563294X | PDF | 13 MB
1995 | 194 Pages | ISBN: 019563294X | PDF | 13 MB
This study argues that the Bengali novelist Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay produced some of the most searching critical reflections on modernity in colonial India. It rejects assumptions that Bankim was a conservative, claiming that his art must be seen in a different, historical context.