H P Apte - Makers of Indian Literature

Author: R B Joshi
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 93
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126003316

Description

HARI NARAYAN APTE (1864-1919) is acknowledged, by common consent, to be the founder of the modern Marathi novel, both social and historical, and of the modern Marathi short story as well. He raised the Marathi novel from the level of mere entertainment to that of a serous work of art. He had made a close study of Sanskrit classics and was well-read in English and European literatures.

Although reading and writing were Apte’s main occupations he was not a book-worm nor an ivory tower novelist. He took active part in public life also. In 1890 he founded his own paper Karamanuk in which he published his novels and short stories. He helped in editing Sudharak after Agarkar’s death, and edited Dnyanaprakash a liberal daily for some time. His novels are read with interest even today by common readers as well as by serious students of Marathi literature.

Contents

The Man and The Milieu

Marathi Novel before Haribhau Apte

Haribhau Apte’s Novels: Social

Haribhau Apte’s Novels: Historical

Other Writings and Conclusion

Principal Works of H N Apte

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