The six poets presented here-Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas-have contributed more to the religious vocabulary of Hinduism in north India today than any voices before or since. In worship, in education, even in politics, modern Hinduism sings their tune. For half a millennium, these saints' poems have circulated from the banks of the Jumna to the rice fields of Bihar and back to the deserts of Rajasthan, providing a language for many of life's most vivid concerns-cruelty and loneliness, status and intimacy, hope and infatuation, and the maddening transitoriness of it all. With a biographical and interpretive essay on each poet and a selection of representative verses in original translation, this book offers a complete introduction to a literature that transcends the boundaries we associate with religion and those of India as well.
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This book presents the life stories and poems of six well-known saint-poets of north India-Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas, who have contributed more to the religious vocabulary of Hinduism in north India today than any voices before or since.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ; PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION; ; GUIDE TO TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION; ; INTRODUCTION: A FAMILY OF POETS AND SAINTS; ; RAVIDAS; ; KABIR; ; NANAK; ; SURDAS; ; MIRABAI; ; TULSIDAS; ; NOTES; ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; ; GLOSSARY; ; INDEX
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John Stratton Hawley is Professor of Religion , Barnard College, Columbia University, USA and Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Director of Global International Studies Program, University of California, USA
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780195694208
Publisert
2007
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP India
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
266

Biographical note

John Stratton Hawley is Professor of Religion , Barnard College, Columbia University, USA and Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Director of Global International Studies Program, University of California, USA