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Cover illustration: Title pages and covers of early twentieth century periodicals: Baṅganūr, Bhāratbarṣa, Bicitrā, Māsik Basumatī, Māsik Mohāmmadī and Prabāsī.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Mitra, Samarpita, author. Title: Periodicals, readers and the making of a modern literary culture : Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century / Samarpita Mitra. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Brill’s Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 52 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “In Periodicals, Readers and the Making of a Modern Literary Culture: Bengal at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Samarpita Mitra studies literary periodicals as a particular print form, and reveals how their production and circulation were critical to the formation of a Bengali public sphere during the turn of the twentieth century. Given its polyphonic nature, capacity for sustaining debates and adaptability by readers with diverse reading competencies, periodicals became the preferred means for dispensing modern education and entertainment through the vernacular. The book interrogates some of the defining debates that shaped readers’ perspectives on critical social issues and explains how literary culture was envisioned as an indicator of the emergent nation. Finally it looks at the Bengali-Muslim and women’s periodicals and their readerships and argues that the presence of multiple literary voices make it impossible to speak of Bengali literary culture in any singular terms”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020002527 (print) | LCCN 2020002528 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004425644 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004427082 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Bengali periodicals--History--20th century. | Bengali literature--20th century--History and criticism. | Bengal (India)--Intellectual life--20th century. Classification: LCC PN5449.B45 M58 2020 (print) | LCC PN5449.B45 (ebook) | DDC 059/.911--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020002527LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020002528Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.issn 0925-2916isbn 978-90-04-42564-4 (hardback)isbn 978-90-04-42708-2 (e-book)Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.