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A Merry Senhor in the Malay world. Volume 2. : four texts of the Syair Sinyor Kosta / edited by R. M. Dumas.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bibliotheca Indonesica
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malay poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- Around a century ago a Malay poem which tells of a foreigner, always indicated as Sinyor, in Southeast Asia who elopes with Lela Mayang, the wife of a wealthy Chinaman. The latter sets out in pursuit of the couple and engages in a naval battle with the Sinyor in an attempt to get his wife back. The Syair Sinyor Kosta, as the poem is known, presents us with fascinating pictures and glimpses of Malay society, in this case a nineteenth-century society in transition. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789067182164).
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- III Translations
- The translation of text T
- Introduction: The problems of translating the Syair Sinyor Kosta
- Translation
- Continuing a tradition: Recreating the Syair Sinyor Kista
- Introduction, based on text D
- The poem of Sinyor Kista
- IV The variant versions of the Syair Sinyor Kosta
- An attempt at analysis and interpretation
- Introduction
- Comparative textual history
- The data contained in the manuscripts
- Textual comparison of the four versions
- Detailed comparison of the versions T and B
- Concluding remarks
- A mimetic comparison of the four versions
- Mimetic aspects of C
- Mimetic aspects of B
- Mimetic aspects of T
- Mimetic aspects of D
- Rhyme and verse structure
- The structure of the verse
- Comparison
- Rhyme
- Constraints and practice
- Rhyming words in two versions T and D
- Poetical constraints and linguistic usage
- Structure and significance
- Version T
- Version C
- Version B
- Version D
- V Apparatus criticus and notes
- Apparatus criticus to text T and colophons
- Notes to T
- Notes to text C
- Notes to text D
- Glossary
- Bibliography and abbreviations
- About the editors
- Index
- List of Malay texts mentioned.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dumas, R. M. A Merry Senhor in the Malay World
- ISBN:
- 9789004533714
- OCLC:
- 1354208279
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