Prasad, Leela,

The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India / Leela Prasad. - 1 online resource (222 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : "An Acre of Ground" -- The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza -- The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju -- The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami -- The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri -- Conclusion : The Sovereign Self.

Open Access

"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"--

9781501752292




Imperialism in literature.
Politics and literature--History--India--20th century.
Politics and literature--History--India--19th century.
Storytelling--Political aspects--India.
Literature and society--History--India--20th century.
Literature and society--History--India--19th century.


India--Intellectual life--20th century.
India--Intellectual life--19th century.


Electronic books.

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