| Description |
x, 324 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series on the sublime |
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SUNY series on the sublime.
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| Contents |
1. The Sublime Object of Devotion -- 2. Two Truths Are Told: Prologues to the Swelling Act -- 3. Devotional Poetics -- 4. Temples of Fire: Plurality-with-Unity -- 5. Desiring Selves, Undesirable Worlds -- Conclusion: The Devotional Sublime |
| Summary |
The last two decades of the twentieth century have been marked by an immense revival of interest in the sublime, yet past studies have used Western texts as their archives. This book dramatically shifts the focus by examining a major instance of a non-Western sublime: the Hindu Brahman. Mishra examines European theories of the sublime, reads them off against contemporary critical uses of the term (notably by Lyotard and Paul de Man), and proposes that the Hindu Brahman constitutes an instance of one of the most fully developed of all sublimes. The book is the first to offer a comprehensive theory of both the Indian sublime and Indian devotional verse |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Devotional poetry, Indic -- History and criticism.
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Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions -- History and criticism.
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Sublime, The.
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| LC no. |
98022842 |
| ISBN |
0791438716 |
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0791438724 |
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