Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India

APPENDIX 2 Chronological Table of the Earliest Tamil Novels Published Before 1900

APPENDIX 2 Chronological Table of the Earliest Tamil Novels Published Before 1900 The following table has been compiled on the basis of CuntararåjaÂ/ Civapåtacuntaram (1977; abbreviated in the Notes as CC followed by the page number/s), Dhandayudham (1977; D) and Zvelebil (1995; Z), and completed/corrected using the Tamil catalogues of the India Office Library, Barnett/Pope (1909; BP), Barnett (1931; B), and Gaur (1980; G), as well as the online catalogue of the Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai (http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/ southasia/rmrlcatalog .html, abbreviated as RM) and the two Madras Government catalogues Classified Catalogue of the Public Reference Library, consisting of books registered from 1867 to 1889 at the Office of the Registrar of Books, Old College, Madras (1894; Reg1) and Classified Catalogue of Books Registered from 1890–1900 at the Office of the Registrar of Books (1962; Reg2). Titles not listed in C¥tåla†cumi (1985) are marked “nv.” The table is as comprehensive as current research allows. 257 Year Author Title Notes 1879 S. V´tanåyakam Pi¬¬ai Piratåpa Mutaliyår carittiram See Chapter 5. 1885 Cittilevvai Mukammatu Aca Pª carittiram Original Title: AcaÂpªyu†aiya katai. Colombo: Kåcim Maraikkår Muslim Friend Press. First Sri Lankan Tamil novel. 2nd ed. Madras: St. Joseph Printing Press, 1890. New edition (Maraikkår 1974) with introduction by Es. Em. Kamålut¥Â, vii+170 pp. Author (1839–1899) was publisher of the weekly “Muslim Friend” (Muslim NªcaÂ) and proctor at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court. See Z 443; CC 20f.; Zvelebil (1990a); Samy (2000: 109). 1886 Ti. Kø. Nåråyaˆacåmi Pi¬¬ai ViÂøta carittiram Referred to in D 71 as “not extant,” but might still be recovered. Listed in Reg1; nv. 1887 S. V´tanåyakam Pi¬¬ai Cuku£a Cuntari carittiram See Chapter 5. 1892 Ti. Kø. Nåråyaˆacåmi Pi¬¬ai Måmi marukiyar våÒkkai Perhaps not a novel? See CC 42; Z 482; nv. 1893 Cu. Vai. Kurusvåmi Carmå Pirªmakalåvatyam Madras: Star of India Press. Also Pirªmakalåvat¥yam. 2nd ed. Parampakku†i, 1908, in B 103. New edition (see Kurusvåmi Carmå 1980), viii+292 pp. See D 51ff.; CC 21ff.; Reg2; Zvelebil (1990a). 1893–1895 Pi. ≈r. Råjam Aiyar Kamalåmpå¬ carittiram First serialized. Published in book form in 1896. See Chapter 5. 1894 Ca. Ma. Na†´ca Cåstiri TåÂava eÂr¯ a pøl¥s nipu£a Perhaps rather a collection of short stories ka£†upi†itta atputa kur¯ r¯ a‰ka¬ than a novel. 2nd ed. Madras, 1914, in B 237. (Tales of an Indian Detective) New edition by C¥Âi. Vicuvanåta (see Na†´ca Cåstiriyår 1994), 320 pp. See CC 52ff.; Z 487ff.; Reg2; Asher (1971). 1895 Ti. Ta. Caravaˆamuttu Pi¬¬ai MøkaÂå‰ki. Oru katai Madras: Hindu Union Press, 384 pp. First Tamil historical novel. Listed in BP 306. Author was from Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and became librarian at Presidency College, Madras. See CC 27ff.; Z 123; D 244; Zvelebil (1990a). 1896 Ma. Ve. Na†aråja Aiyar ÑåÂap¶ƒa£i Madras: Star of India Press, i+192 pp. Listed in Reg2; BP 213. See D 68f.; CC 46; Z 486. 1897 Vi. Kø. C¨riyanåråyaˆa Cåstiri Mativå£aÂ. Putuvatu First serialized in the monthly ÑåÂapøtiÂi. puÂaintatør centamiÒk katai Published in book form in Madras, 1902 (see BP 361). New edition (see C¨riyanåråyaˆa Cåstiri 1963), 122 pp. See D 66ff.; CC 69f.; Z 219f. 1897 Na. Palaråmayyar L¥lai Serialized in the monthly ÑåÂapøtiÂi. Author was a student of C¨riyanåråyaˆa Cåstiri. See CC 71; Z 510; nv. (Continued on next page) Year Author Title Notes 1897 Råjåtti Ammå¬ ÑåÂappirakåcam See CC 46; Z 599; nv. 1897 Ca. Råmacåmi Aiya∫kår KamaliÂi 2nd ed. Madras: Scottish Press, 1902, 166 pp. See CC 46; D 234; Z 602. 1897 Ti. El. Turaicåmi Aiyar Ku£ap¶ƒa£i 2nd ed. Madras: P. Cuppiramaˆiya Mutaliyår, 1902, 152 pp., listed in G 381. See Reg2. 1898 Ci. Arumainåyakam M¥ti Iru¬ See CC 44ff.; Z 65; nv. 1898 Ci. Ē. Cuppiramaˆiya Aiyar...