Format:
Online-Ressource (222 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520228820
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0520228839
Uniform Title:
Cha māṇa āṭha guṇṭha. 〈engl.〉
Content:
This sly and humorous novel by Fakir Mohan Senapati-one of the pioneering spirits of modern Indian literature and an early activist in the fight against the destruction of native Indian languages-is both a literary work and a historical document. A text that makes use-and deliberate misuse-of both British and Indian literary conventions, Six Acres and a Third provides a unique "view from below" of Indian village life under colonial rule. Set in Orissa in the 1830s, the novel focuses on a small plot of land, tracing the lives and fortunes of people who are affected by the way this property is s
Note:
Originally published: 1901
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Includes bibliographical references
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CONTENTS; Introduction; Six Acres and a Third; Glossary;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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In English, translated from Oriya
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520228832
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Six Acres and a Third : The Classic Nineteenth-Century Novel about Colonial India
Language:
English
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