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Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion

Speculative Writing in Colonial India

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Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion

Speculative Writing in Colonial India

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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

Table of Contents

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

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Dec 11 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 272
ISBN 9781350401419
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 11 bw illus
Series Perspectives on Fantasy
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Mayurika Chakravorty

Mayurika Chakravorty is Assistant Professor in the…

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