Devotional poetics and the Indian sublime /

"The last two decades of the twentieth century have been marked by an immense revival of interest in the sublime, yet past studies have used Western texts as their archives. This book dramatically shifts the focus by examining a major instance of a non-Western sublime: the Hindu Brahman. Mishra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mishra, Vijay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 1998.
Colección:SUNY series on the sublime.
Temas:
Hinduism > Prayers and devotions > Prayers and devotions > History and criticism.
Sublime, The.
Devotional poetry, Indic > History and criticism.
Sublime.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
Devotional poetry, Indic
Hinduism
Sublime, The
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Sublime Object of Devotion 1
  • 2. Two Truths Are Told: Prologues to the Swelling Act 43
  • 3. Devotional Poetics 81
  • 4. Temples of Fire: Plurality-with-Unity 129
  • 5. Desiring Selves, Undesirable Worlds 163
  • Conclusion: The Devotional Sublime 199.

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