Scholar Extraordinary
Book by Nirad C. Chaudhuri
9780701119447
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Scholar Extraordinary is a biography of Max Müller published by Chatto & Windus in 1974. The book was written by Nirad C. Chaudhuri. In addition to detailing the life of Müller, Chaudhuri also places in context the social and psychological aspects of the era and handles Müller's actions with that backdrop.[1]
The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975.[2]
References
- ^ Kulshreshtha 1992, p. 3888–9.
- ^ Mohan & Narayan 2004, p. 85–6.
Bibliography
- Mohan, Ramesh; Narayan, Shyamala (2004). "Awards (India)". In Eugene Benson (ed.). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. ISBN 9780203484326. OCLC 874157271.
- Kulshreshtha, C. M. (1992). Mohan Lal (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Vol. 5. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126012213.
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