Kama'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.

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:

1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the transformation of Hindi poetry as it reflects a changing society during the period from 1885 to 1925.

Contents:

Kāma's Flowers: Nature in Hindi Poetry and Criticism, 1885-1925

Kāma's Flowers: Nature in Hindi Poetry and Criticism, 1885-1925

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Transliteration Conventions and Abbreviations

Note on Translations

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Terms of Engagement: A Guide to the Assumptions of Hindi Poetics

Chapter 2: Critical Nature: Defining Hindi Poetic Modernity

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

Chapter 4: Realizing Classical Poetics: Recasting Sanskritic Landscapes

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

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

Chapter 7: Women Problems: Poetics without Śṛṅgāra

Chapter 8: A Critical Interlude: Rāmacandra Śukla and "Natural Scenes in Poetry" (1923)

Chapter 9: The Prospect of Chāyāvād, 1920-25: Developing Perspectives on Natural Poetics

Concluding Remarks

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438435671

1438435673

OCLC:

802050856