John Stratton Hawley

Three Bhakti Voices

Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in Their Times and Ours

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Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating story of change and transmission, this book describes how Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir-the most famous and beloved poet-saints of fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-were heard and perceived in their own times and probes into the many beliefs and legends that emerged long after their deaths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2012
• Englisch, Hindi
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780198085393
• ISBN-10: 0198085397
• Artikelnr.: 36081198

Autorenporträt

John Stratton Hawley is Professor, Department of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Transliteration and Abbreviation
Poems Translated, by English Title
Poems Translated, by Hindi Title
Illustrations
Introduction
THE BHAKTI POET-SAINT:
1: Author and Authority
Chapter 2. Morality beyond Morality
Chapter 3. The Nirgun?/Sagun? Distinction
MIRABAI:
Chapter 4. Mirabai in Manuscript
Chapter 5. Mirabai as Wife and Yogi
Chapter 6. The Saints Subdued in Amar Chitra Katha
Chapter 7. Krishna and the Gender of Longing
SURDAS:
Chapter 8. Last Seen with Akbar
Chapter 9. The Early S?rs?gar and the Growth of the Sur Tradition
Chapter 10. The Verbal Icon-How Literal?
Chapter 11. Sur's Sud?m?
Chapter 12. Creative Enumeration in Sur's Vinaya Poetry
Chapter 13. Why Surdas Went Blind
KABIR:
Chapter 14. The Received Kabir: Beginnings to Bly
Chapter 15. Kabir in His Oldest Dated Manuscript
Chapter 16. Vinaya Crossovers: Kabir and Sur
Chapter 17. Bhakti, Democracy, and the Study of Religion
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index