Book Summary
The book is a collection of essays written over two decades but with consistency of style, concern and argument. It's divided into two parts: The first, "The Bhakti Poet Saint: Economies of Word and Life" ranges over the literature of Bhakti as a whole. The second part is organized around individual poets: Mira, Sur, and Kabir. Connections between the three poets is established meticulously and convincingly.
Book Details
Book Name | Three Bhakti Voices: Mirabai, Surdas, And Kabir In Their Times And Ours |
Author | John Stratton Hawley |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (Jul 2005) |
ISBN | 9780195670851 |
Pages | 439 |
Language | English |
Price | 695 |