Kāma's flowers : nature in Hindi poetry and criticism, 1885-1925 / Valerie Ritter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritter, Valerie, 1970-

Series:

SUNY series in Hindu studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindi poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

Hindi poetry.

Hindi poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Nature in literature.

Physical Description:

xxv, 340 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2011]

Summary:

Kama's flowers documents the transformation of hindi poetry during the crucial period of 1885-1925. As Hindi was becoming a national language and Indian nationalism was emerging Hindi authors articulated a North Indian version of modernity be envisioning nature. while their writing has previously be been seen as an imitation of European Romanticism, Valerie Riter Shows its uniique and Particular function in North India description of the natural world recalled traditional poetics Particularly erotic and devotional poetics, but was non devotional poetics but was now used to address sociopolitical concerns as authors created literature to advocate for a national character and to address a growing audience of female readers.

Examing Hindi Classics translations from English poetry literay criticism and little known popular works Ritter combines translations with fresh literary analysis to show the pivotal role of nature in how modernity was understood. Bringing a new body of literature to english language readers Kama's Flowers also reveals the origions of an influential visual culuture that resonates today in Bollywood cinema Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter1 Terms, of. Engagement: A Guide to the Assumptions of Hindi Poetics 1

Chapter 2 Critical Nature: Defining Hindi Poetic Modernity 23

Chapter 3 Nature in Translation: Goldsmith and Pope in Hindi 65

Chapter 4 Realizing Classical Poetics: Recasting Sanskritic Landscapes 91

Chapter 5 Independent Subjects: Modern Modes of Nature as a Literary Subject 117

Chapter 6 Embodying the World: A Macrocosm of Natural Objects 143

Chapter 7 Women Problems: Poetics without Sringare 161

Chapter 8 A Critical Interlude: Ramacandra Sukla and "Natural Scenes in Poetry (1923) 195

Chapter 9 the Prospect of Chayavad, 1920-25: Developing Perspectives on natural Poetics 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438435657

1438435657

OCLC:

653483638