George Pati

Gebundenes Buch

Religious Devotion and the Poetics of Reform

Love and Liberation in Malayalam Poetry

Beschreibung

This book, through a close study of Näini, as well as other poems, authored by Mah¿kavi Kum¿ran ¿¿¿n, demonstrates how ¿¿¿n 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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781138477995
• ISBN-10: 1138477990
• Artikelnr.: 55342802