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The Life of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay: Drifter and Dreamer


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Table of Contents:
.cs7CED571B{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } .csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; } .cs401E8B96{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Tahoma; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; } Preface Acknowledgments Translation, Transliteration, Orthography, Bengali Calendar Chapter One Prolegomena Political and Social Condition of Late Colonial India Chapter Two Sharatchandra's Parents: Matilal and Bhubanmohini Chattopadhyay Sharatchandra's Childhood and Early Youth Sharatchandra's Physical and Emotional Makeup Chapter Three The Making of a Literary Career: the Beginnings Chapter Four Sharatchandra in Rangoon: A Nonresident Nobody from Bengal Low Life in Rangoon: "A Season in Hell" Chapter Five Literary Career during Rangoon Days Chapter Six Baje Shibpur: Return of the Prodigal Son Panitras: Sharat the Glowing Moon Calcutta: End of Journey Chapter Seven Treasures of the Invincible Wordsmith [Aparajeya Kathasilpi] Pallisamaj, Arak?a?iy, Dena Paona, Ba?adidi, Debdas, Caritrahin, Srikanta, Se?prasna Chapter Eight Sharatchandra's Caste and Gender Consciousness Shartchandra's Male and Female Characters Sharatchandra's Caste consciousness Chapter Nine Bankim-Rabindranath-Sharatchandra Bankimchandra Rabindranath Rabindranath and Sharatchandra: An Episode of Elegant Misunderstanding Chapter Ten Sharatchandra's Political Ideas and Activities Sharatchandra's Pather Dabi Chapter Eleven Sharatchandra's Enduring Popularity Chapter Twelve Sharatchandra and Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Tour de Force Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author

About the Author :
.cs7CED571B{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .csB86C8CFE{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; } .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } .csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; } Narashingha P. Sil taught at colleges in Calcutta and Chandannagar for three years and at the Universiry of Benin for seven years before moving to Western Oregon University in January 1987, from where he retired as professor of History in July 2011. His monograph Swami Vivekananda: A Reassesment (1997) was selected by Choice as an "Outstanding Academic Book" in the field of religious studies.

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Drifter and Dreamer is a copiously researched and elegantly written biography . . . This book ought to be translated in Bengali for there is no biography of Sharatchandra in Bengali that can match Sil's comprehensive and excellent life history of the famed author and storyteller. I really enjoyed Drifter and Dreamer . . . The spread is just right for the subject, the depth impressive, and the language is Sil's signature—taken all together—outstanding.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781611475081
  • Publisher: Associated University Presses
  • Publisher Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Drifter and Dreamer
  • ISBN-10: 1611475082
  • Publisher Date: 21 Dec 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 182


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