Culture and Circulation : literature in motion in early modern India / edited by Thomas de Bruijn, Allison Busch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruijn, Thomas de, editor.

Busch, Allison, editor.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; 46.

Brill's Indological Library ; 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature--History and criticism.

Indic literature.

Literature and society--India.

Literature and society.

India.

Physical Description:

xi, 315 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

This book reflects an innovative approach to early modern Indian literature. The authors foreground the complex hybridity of literary genres and social milieus, capturing elements that have eluded traditional literary history. In this book, jointly edited by Thomas de Bruijn and Allison Busch, Hindi authors rub shoulders with their Persian counterparts in the courts of Mughal India; the fame of Mirabai, a poetess from Rajasthan, travels to Punjab; the sayings of Kabir are found to be as difficult to pin down as the holy men who transmitted them. Drawing on new archives in several Indian languages, this book presents fresh ideas that will be of interest to scholars of Indian literature, religious studies, and early modern history.

Contents:

Introduction / Thomas de Bruijn Bruijn, Thomas de, Allison Busch Busch, Allison 1

Persian as a Passe-Partout: The Case of Mirza 'Abd al-Qadir Bidil and his Hindu Disciples / Stefano Pellò Pellò, Stefano 21

Pirates, Poets, and Merchants: Bengali Language and Literature in Seventeenth-Century Mrauk-U / Thibaut d'Hubert d'Hubert, Thibaut 47

The Court of 'Abd-ur-Rahim Khan-i Khanan as a Bridge between, Iranian and Indian Cultural Traditions / Corinne Lefèvre Lefèvre, Corinne 75

Mirabai at the Court of Guru Gobind Singh / John Stratton Hawley Hawley, John Stratton, Gurinder Singh Mann Mann, Gurinder Singh 107

Shifting Semantics in Early Modern North Indian Poetry: Circulation of Culture and Meaning / Thomas de Bruijn Bruijn, Thomas de 139

The Gopis of the Jñandev Gatha / Catharina Kiehnle Kiehnle, Catharina 160

Poetry in Motion: Literary Circulation in Mughal India / Allison Busch Busch, Allison 186

"Krishna is the Truth of Man": Mir 'Abdul Wahid Bilgrami's Haqa'iq-i Hindi (Indian Truths) and the Circulation of Dhrupad and Bishnupad / Francesca Orsini Orsini, Francesca 222

Culture in Circulation in Eighteenth-Century North India: Urdu Poetry by a Rajput Krishna Devotee / Heidi Pauwels Pauwels, Heidi 247

A Braj Poet in Colonial Times / Robert van de Walk Walk, Robert van de 278.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004264472

9004264477

OCLC:

864429443

Publisher Number:

40023526279