Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion

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