Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables xi
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
5. List of Abbreviations xix
6. Note on Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Translations of Tamil Primary Sources xxi
7. Introduction 1
8. Mapping the Universe of the Pulavar 33
9. Pulavars and Potentates 103
10. Toward the Modern Tamil Author 165
11. The Emergence of the Tamil Novel 205
12. Epilogue 247
13. The Dating of the Cētupati viṟaliviṭutūtu Revisited 253
14. Chronological Table of the Earliest Tamil Novels Published Before 1900 257
15. Original Tamil Texts Quoted and Annotations 263
16. Glossary 295
17. References 299
18. Index 341