Religious Devotion and the Poetics of Reform - Love and Liberation in Malayalam Poetry

List of contents

1 Introduction: Themes, Theories, and Trajectories 2 Place: Caste, Colonialism, and Reforms in Kerala (1870–1924) 3 Person: Mahākavi Kumāran Āśān (1873-1924) 4 Poetics of Devotion: Bhakti as Devotion 5 Poetics of Reform: Bhakti as a Movement 6 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Transliterations of Malayāḷam Poems Appendix 2: Translation of Naḷini or Oru Snēham (1911)

About the author

George Pati holds the Surjit S. Patheja Chair in World Religions and Ethics and is Associate Professor of Theology and International Studies at Valparaiso University, USA. His research interests include religious literature in the Malayalam language, South Asian devotional traditions, and the mediation of Hindu devotion through texts, rituals, and performances of Kerala, South India.

Summary

This book, through a close study of Na?ini, as well as other poems, authored by Mahakavi Kumaran Asan, demonstrates how Asan employed a theme of love among humans during the modern period in Kerala that was grounded in the native South Indian bhakti understanding of love of the deity.

Product details

• Authors: George Pati, George (Valparaiso University Pati
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367731656
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73165-6
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Devotional, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings, Malayalam, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, Religion & politics, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Religion and Politics, Regional Geography, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Hindu Sacred Texts, Hinduism: sacred texts and revered writings