ANANDAMATH OR THE SACRED BROTHERHOOD by Julius J. Lipner (Trans) ( 9780195178579 )

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ANANDAMATH OR THE SACRED BROTHERHOOD
A TRANSLATION OF BANKIMCANDRA CHATTERJI'S ANANDAMATH, WITH INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL APPARATUS

By:

Julius J. Lipner (Trans)

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0195178572

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

1 May, 2005

Pages:

336

Description:

This is a translation of a historically important Bengali novel. Published in 1882, Chatterji's Anandamath helped create the atmosphere and the symbolism for the nationalist movement leading to Indian independence in 1947. It contains the famous hymn Vande Mataram ('I revere the Mother'), which has become India's official National Song. Set in Bengal at the time of the famine of 1770, the novel reflects tensions and oppositions within Indian culturebetween Hindus and Muslims, ruler and ruled, indigenous people and foreign overlords, jungle and town, Aryan and non-Aryan, celibacy and sexuality. By recreating the past of Bengal, Chatterji hoped to create a new present that involved a new interpretation of the past. Julius Lipner not only provides the firstcomplete and satisfactory English translation of this important work, but supplies an extensive Introduction contextualizing the novel and its cultural and political history.

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This is a translation of a historically important Bengali novel. Published in 1882, Chatterji's Anandamath helped create the atmosphere and the symbolism for the nationalist movement leading to Indian independence in 1947. It contains the famous hymn Vande Mataram ("I revere the Mother"), which has become India's official National Song. Set in Bengal at the time of the famine of 1770, the novel reflects tensions and oppositions within Indian culture between Hindus and Muslims, ruler and ruled, indigenous people and foreign overlords, jungle and town, Aryan and non-Aryan, celibacy and sexuality. It is both a political and a religious work. By recreating the past of Bengal, Chatterji hoped to create a new present that involved a new interpretation of the past. Julius Lipner not only provides the first complete and satisfactory English translation of this important work, but supplies an extensive Introduction contextualizing the novel and its cultural and political history. Also included are notes offering the Bengali or Sanskrit terms for certain words, as well as explanatory notes for the specialized lay reader or scholar.

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2 maps, 5 halftones

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