Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion
Speculative Writing in Colonial India
Will be published approx. on 11. December 2025
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-350-40139-6 (ISBN)
Description
Contents
A Note on Translation, Transliterations, Names, and References
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Resisting Disenchantment: Imagination, Cultural Endurance and the Rise of the Novel in Nineteenth Century Bengal
Chapter 3
An Unorthodox Romantic: Beauty, Freedom, and Unreason in Sanjibchandra Chattopadhyay's Kanthamala, Madhabilata and Other Writings
Chapter 4
Of Fever, Delirium and Fantastic Sojourn: A Study of Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay's Kankabati and Other Stories
Chapter 5
The Logic of Nonsense: The Enchanted Realm of Sukumar Ray's Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La and Other Writings
Chapter 6
Chemistry of the Intellect: Satire, Fantasy, and Subversion in the Fictional Works of Parashuram
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix
A Note on Translation, Transliterations, Names, and References
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Resisting Disenchantment: Imagination, Cultural Endurance and the Rise of the Novel in Nineteenth Century Bengal
Chapter 3
An Unorthodox Romantic: Beauty, Freedom, and Unreason in Sanjibchandra Chattopadhyay's Kanthamala, Madhabilata and Other Writings
Chapter 4
Of Fever, Delirium and Fantastic Sojourn: A Study of Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay's Kankabati and Other Stories
Chapter 5
The Logic of Nonsense: The Enchanted Realm of Sukumar Ray's Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La and Other Writings
Chapter 6
Chemistry of the Intellect: Satire, Fantasy, and Subversion in the Fictional Works of Parashuram
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
11 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
534 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-40139-6 (9781350401396)
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Person
Mayurika Chakravorty is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Childhood and Youth Studies program), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She was a Felix doctoral scholar and holds a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK. She was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Cambridge for the Easter Term, 2024. She researches and writes on fantasy and speculative literature; children's literature; and the representation of childhood and girlhood in literature and media.
Content
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: Resisting Disenchantment
Chapter 2: Romance, Freedom, and Unreason: An Unorthodox Romantic in an Age of Reason
Chapter 3: Marvellous Encounters and Perilous Realms: Quest, Adventure, and Socio-political Critique
Chapter 4: The Logic of Nonsense: The Enchanted Realm of Sukumar Ray's Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La and Other Writings
Chapter 5: Chemistry of the Intellect: Satire, Science, and Subversion
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1: Introduction: Resisting Disenchantment
Chapter 2: Romance, Freedom, and Unreason: An Unorthodox Romantic in an Age of Reason
Chapter 3: Marvellous Encounters and Perilous Realms: Quest, Adventure, and Socio-political Critique
Chapter 4: The Logic of Nonsense: The Enchanted Realm of Sukumar Ray's Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La and Other Writings
Chapter 5: Chemistry of the Intellect: Satire, Science, and Subversion
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index