Text and tradition in early modern North India / edited by Tyler Williams, Anshu Malhotra, John Stratton Hawley.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Williams, Tyler Walker, editor.

Malhotra, Anshu, editor.

Hawley, John Stratton, 1941- editor.

Indian Institute of Advanced Study, host institution.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Early Modern Literatures in North India (2012 : Simla, India)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature--India, North--History and criticism--Congresses.

Indic literature.

Bhakti in literature--Congresses.

Bhakti in literature.

North India.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xlii, 448 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Part 1 Between Cosmopolitan and Bhaaa

1 The Emergence of Hindi Literature: From Transregional Maru-Gurjar to Madhyadesi Narratives p. 3 / Imre Bangha

2 Urdu as Persian: Some Eighteenth-Century Evidence on Vernacular Poetry as Language Planning p. 40 / Arthur Dudney

3 Muslim Mahakavyas: Sanskrit and Translation in the Sultanates p. 58 / Luther Obrock

4 Making Sense of Bhasa in Sanskrit: Radhamohan Thakkur's Mahabhavanusarini-tika and Literary Culture in Early Eighteenth-Century Bengal p. 77 / Samuel Wright

5 Commentary as Translation: The Vairagya Vrnd of Bhagvandas Niranjani p. 99 / Tyler Williams

Part 2 Poetic Genres and Personalities

6 Poetry in Ragas or Ragas in Poetry? Studies in the Concept of Poetic Communication p. 129 / Raman P. Sinha

7 Searching for the Source or Mapping the Stream? Some Text-Critical Issues in the Study of Medieval Bhakti p. 143 / Jaroslav Strnad

8 Duality in the Language and Literary Style of Raskhan's Poetry p. 159 / Hiroko Nagasaki

9 Religious Syncretism and Literary Innovation: New Perspectiveson Bhakti and Rosas in the Vijnanagita by Keshavdas p. 174 / Stefania Cavaliere

10 'This Is How We Play Holi': Allegory in North Indian Digambar Jain Holi Songs p. 196 / John E. Cort

11 Hindi Barahmasa Tradition: From Narpati Nalha to Present-Day Folk Songs and Popular Publications p. 219 / Teiji Sakata

Part 3 History in Hindi

12 War and Succession: Padmakar, Man Kavi, and the Gosains in Bundellchand p. 235 / William Pinch

13 The Poetics of History in Padmakar's Himmatbahadurvirudavali p. 260 / Allison Busch

14 Making the War Come Alive: Dingal Poetry and Padmakar's Himmatbahadurvirudavali p. 282 / Dalpat Rajpurohit

15 Alam: A Poet of Many Worlds p. 299 / Shreekant Kumar Chandan

16 The Pursuit of Pilgrimage, Pleasure, and Military Alliances: Nagaridas's Tirthananda p. 310 / Heidi R. M. Pauwels

Part 4 Sampraday and Beyond

17 Gopal Bhatt: Carrier of Bhakti to the North p. 335 / Shrivatsa Goswami

18 Gadadhar Bhatt and His Family: Facilitators of the Song of Bhakti in Vrindavan p. 354 / Swapna Sharma

19 Bhatts in Braj p. 365 / John Stratton Hawley

20 'Why Do We Still Sift the Husk-Like Upanisads? Revisiting Vedanta in Early Chaitanya Vaishnava Theology p. 382 / Rembert Lutjeharms

21 Religious Reading and Everyday Lives p. 413 / Emilia Bachrach.

Notes:

"... the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, India for graciously hosting the International Conference on Early Modern Literatures in North India in July 2012"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199478866

0199478864

OCLC:

1022940195