The curious case of Carnatic
The last nawab of Arcot (d. 1855) and Persian literary culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961884 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin L Schwartz (0000-0003-4064-2166, Kluge Fellow, Library of Congress, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-560 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019464616662145 |
| OpenAlex | W2554777440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
While the nineteenth century is a period that generally witnessed Persian’s longue durée of decline in post-Mughal South Asia, it is also one in which Persian literary culture reconstituted itself in multiple ways that allowed participants to remain invested in its production. This article focuses on one such environment in the nineteenth century—the court of the last Nawab of Arcot (d. 1855). It highlights the development of Persian literary culture at Arcot, its promotion by the last Nawab through an exclusive Persian poetry society and the personal clashes and poetic rivalries that beset debates around Persian poetry. It demonstrates how Persian literary culture not only remained an important part of the Arcot court’s cultural milieu but also how its poetic debates remained connected to larger issues vexing poets elsewhere in the Persianate world, in particular around the questions of ‘who speaks for Persian’ and ‘what constitutes the Persian canon’
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Persian · Persian literature · Poetry · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |