Krishna, the butter thief / John Stratton Hawley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawley, John Stratton, 1941- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Braj drama--History and criticism.

Braj drama.

Krishna (Hindu deity) in literature.

Krishna.

Suradasa, 1483?-1583?. Surasagara.

Suradasa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur Das that is as familiar to Hindi speakers as Mother Goose is to us.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Transliteration

List of Abbreviations

List of Poems Translated from the Sur Sāgar

Introduction. The Butter and the Thief

Part I. Before Sūr Dās

Chapter 1. The Tradition in Literature

Chapter 2. The Tradition in Sculpture

Part II. The Sūr Sāgai

Chapter 3. Sur's Butter Thief Poems: Two Types

Chapter 4. The Butter Thief in Context

Chapter 5. The Legacy of Sūr's Butter Thief

Part III. The Rās Līlās

Chapter 6. The Butter Thief Līlā

Chapter 7. Variations on the Butter Theme

Part IV. Interpretation

Chapter 8. The Unbounded Economy of Love

Chapter 9. Other Boundaries: An Outsider's View

Appendixes

Appendix A. Tables of Kṛṣṇacarita Sculptures to 1500 A.D.

Appendix B. Index of Kṛṣṇacarita Sculptures To 1500 A.D.

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [381]-404.

ISBN:

9780691641218

0691641218

9781400855407

1400855403

9780691613413

0691613419

OCLC:

889249326