Swarnakumari Debi

Swarnakumari Debi: Bengali Female Writer unpacks the scholarship of the 19th century Bengal luminary, and assesses her works in a contemporary context. It will benefit the researchers in Literature, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, and Culture Studies, as well as general readers interested in the life and work of Debi.

Trayee Sinha is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Women's Studies at Diamond Harbour Women's University, India.

Introduction; 1. Pattern of Life, Education, Creativity: Situating Swarnakumari Debi; 2. Tumi Kon Akasher Tara?: Birth, Early Childhood and Youthful Days; 3. Debi's Poems, Songs, Plays; 4. Debi's Essays and Short Stories; 5. Itihaser Hatchhani: Mapping Debi's Historical Novels; 6. Onyo Bhuboner Khonje: Debi's Social Novels; 7. Debi as Editor and Contributor of Bharati; 8. Debi's Role in Various Spheres and Her Demise; Appendix: Bharati's Contributors and Content; Glossary; Bibliography; Index