George Pati

Religious Devotion and the Poetics of Reform

Love and Liberation in Malayalam Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, through a close study of Näini, as well as other poems, authored by Mah¿kavi Kum¿ran ¿¿¿n, demonstrates how ¿¿¿n employed a theme of love among humans during the modern period in Kerala that was grounded in the native South Indian bhakti understanding of love of the deity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781138477995
• ISBN-10: 1138477990
• Artikelnr.: 55342802

Autorenporträt

George Pati holds the Surjit S. Patheja Chair in World Religions and Ethics and is Associate Professor of Theology and International Studies at Valparaiso University, USA. His research interests include religious literature in the Malayalam language, South Asian devotional traditions, and the mediation of Hindu devotion through texts, rituals, and performances of Kerala, South India.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Themes, Theories, and Trajectories 2 Place: Caste, Colonialism, and Reforms in Kerala (1870-1924) 3 Person: Mah
kavi Kum
ran
n (1873-1924) 4 Poetics of Devotion: Bhakti as Devotion 5 Poetics of Reform: Bhakti as a Movement 6 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Transliterations of Malay
am Poems Appendix 2: Translation of Näini or Oru Sn
ham (1911)