Fiction as History: The Novel and the City in Modern North India - Paperback

by Vasudha Dalmia (Author)

Explains the Hindi novel's role in anticipating and creating the story of middle-class modernity and modernization in North India.

Author Biography

Vasudha Dalmia is Professor Emerita of Hindi and Modern South Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has written, edited, and translated many books, including Hindu Pasts: Women, Religion, Histories, also published by SUNY Press; The Nationalization of Hindu Traditions: Bhāratendu Hariśchandra and Nineteenth-Century Banaras; and Poetics, Plays, and Performances: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre.