The Making of Modern Hindi - Mody, Sujata S
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A study on the politics of making Hindi modern in colonial North India, focusing on the figure of Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864-1938), whose unprecedented multi-media literary campaign as editor of a prominent journal paved the way for Hindi's progress. The work casts new light on Dwivedi as an innovative and dynamic arbiter of literary modernity, while also considering the tensions between the editor and others in his realm of influence.

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A study on the politics of making Hindi modern in colonial North India, focusing on the figure of Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864-1938), whose unprecedented multi-media literary campaign as editor of a prominent journal paved the way for Hindi's progress. The work casts new light on Dwivedi as an innovative and dynamic arbiter of literary modernity, while also considering the tensions between the editor and others in his realm of influence.
Autorenporträt
Sujata S. Mody is Associate Professor of Hindi-Urdu Language and Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at North Carolina State University. She specializes in modern Hindi literature, theories of gender and nationalism, and language politics in South Asia. She received her PhD in South and Southeast Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.