Poems From the Satsai

In Poems from the Satsai, the seventeenth-century poet Biharilal blends amorous narratives about the god Krishna and the goddess Radha with archetypal hero and heroine motifs from older Sanskrit and Prakrit conventions. The Hindi text, composed in Braj Bhasha, is presented here in the Devanagari script with a new English verse translation.

Info autore

Rupert Snell is a renowned expert in Braj Basha, Awadhi, and Hindi poetry. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Riassunto

In Poems from the Satsai, the seventeenth-century poet Biharilal blends amorous narratives about the god Krishna and the goddess Radha with archetypal hero and heroine motifs from older Sanskrit and Prakrit conventions. The Hindi text, composed in Braj Bhasha, is presented here in the Devanagari script with a new English verse translation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Biharilal, Biharilal Biharilal, Rupert Snell
• Con la collaborazione di: Rupert Snell (Traduzione), Snell Rupert (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780674987074
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98707-4
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Murty Classical Library of India
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; POETRY / General, Poetry, HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History, Poetry / Poems