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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Professor Diana Eck at Harvard once said this was a great book for high schoolers and freshmen, as it combines short, clear biographies and historical information on the Saints with selections of their poetry. She's right, which leads to the obvious comment that it's a shame that virtually no one reads this in American high school. Beyond its value as an accessible introductory history of a fairly esoteric topic, this book has come under some criticism for Hawley and Juergensmeyer's translations, which are often viewed as fairly weak. Perhaps because I read this version of these incredible works of poetry first, Hawley and Juergensmeyer's versions have stuck fast in my brain. I love them despite their flaws and love this book. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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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 amillennium, 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 maddeningtransitoriness 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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)891.4312Literature Literature of other languages Literature of east Indo-European and Celtic languages Modern Indic languages Hindi, Urdu Hindi poetry 1345–1645Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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