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ISBN: 9780231151603 - Extreme Poetry Extreme Poetry
Bronner, Michael

ISBN10: 9780231525299  ISBN13: 9780231525299
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark of a major literary movement in South Asia. Authors invented a special language to depict both the apparent and... More

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ISBN: 9780824810122 - On Love and Barley On Love and Barley
Basho, Matsuo

ISBN10: 9780141907772  ISBN13: 9780141907772
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin
Format: Electronic Book
Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural... More

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ISBN: 9780195134353 - Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal
FE, MCDERMOTT RACHEL

ISBN10: 9780198030713  ISBN13: 9780198030713
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This book chronicles the rise of goddess worship in the region of Bengal from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present. Focusing on the goddesses Kali and Uma, McDermott examines lyrical poems written by devotees from Ramprasad Sen (ca. More

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ISBN: 9780195134339 - Singing to the Goddess Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal Singing to the Goddess Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal
FE, MCDERMOTT RACHEL

ISBN10: 9780198030706  ISBN13: 9780198030706
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This vibrant collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma. These poems - many of which are presented here for the first time in English translation - were written from the early eighteenth century... More

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ISBN: 9780195167993 - Slaying of Meghanada A Ramayana from Colonial Bengal Slaying of Meghanada A Ramayana from Colonial Bengal
MADHU, DATTA MICHAEL

ISBN10: 9780198037514  ISBN13: 9780198037514
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book

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ISBN: 9780231139724 - Azaleas Azaleas
Sowol, Kim

ISBN10: 9780231511452  ISBN13: 9780231511452
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Available for the first time in English, Azaleas is a captivating collection of poems by a master of the early Korean modernist style. Published in 1925, Azaleas is the only collection Kim Sowol (1902-1934) produced during his brief life... More