| ID | 134265 |
| Title Proper | Visual strategies for literary authority in modern Hindi |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mody, Sujata S |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Hindi-language journal, Sarasvati (1900–82), belonged to a new breed of periodical, the illustrated monthly, emerging in India at the turn of the century. It pursued and established an integral connection between art and literature. In this essay, I examine visually-oriented strategies implemented by the journal's editor, M.P. Dwivedi, to establish literary authority amidst resistance to his poetic agenda. In particular, I focus on two of Dwivedi's earliest attempts at establishing literary authority through combined literary–visual narrative forms: literary criticism conveyed through editorial cartoons, and poetry inspired by, and accompanying, the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma. A closer look at the deliberate cultivation of such literary interactions with the visual provides the basis for a more nuanced history of the modernisation of Hindi poetry and indicates the interactive significance of literature and art across multiple regions in the early twentieth century. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.37, No.3; Sep.2014: p.474-490 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2014-09 37, 3 |
| Standard Number | Raja Ravi Varma |