ContentsA Note on Translation, Transliterations, Names, and ReferencesList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Chapter 1IntroductionChapter 2Resisting Disenchantment: Imagination, Cultural Endurance and the Rise of the Novel in Nineteenth Century BengalChapter 3 An Unorthodox Romantic: Beauty, Freedom, and Unreason in Sanjibchandra Chattopadhyay’s Kanthamala, Madhabilata and Other Writings Chapter 4Of Fever, Delirium and Fantastic Sojourn: A Study of Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay’s Kankabati and Other StoriesChapter 5 The Logic of Nonsense: The Enchanted Realm of Sukumar Ray’s Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La and Other WritingsChapter 6 Chemistry of the Intellect: Satire, Fantasy, and Subversion in the Fictional Works of Parashuram EpilogueBibliography Appendix