Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Mapping the universe of the pulavar -- Pulavars and potentates : structures of literary patronage at the Zamindars' courts and beyond -- Towards the modern Tamil author : the colonial critique of the "vernacular" and mayuram -- The emergence of the Tamil novel -- Epilogue.