South & Southeast Asian 6

Bringing together the study of the Greek classics and Indology, Arjuna–Odysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mahābhārata and early Greek traditions presented in the ……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) publie en 1894 Le Livre de la jungle (The Jungle Book), et l’année suivante, en 1895, Le Second Livre de ……続きを見る

Rubén Darío, una de las figuras más destacadas de la literatura hispanoamericana, nos presenta su obra 'Poema del Otoño y otros poemas', una recopilación de poesía que refleja su estilo modernista y……続きを見る

The author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018) is one of the most acclaimed authors of the twentieth century. H……続きを見る

নৈশব্দের প্রতিবাদ এটি একটি সুন্দর কবিতা বই ...অনেক ধরনের কবিতা এই বই এ পাওয়া যাবে.বিভিন্ন বিষয়ের উপর ছন্দসহ কবিতা গুলি লেখা আছে...কবিতা গুলু পড়লে সাম্প্রতিক সমাজ ব্যবস্থা সম্পর্কে একটি সুন্দর ধারণা ……続きを見る

Indian Travel Writing in the Age of Empire studies a variety of travel narratives by Indian kings, evangelists, statesmen, scholars, merchants, leisure travellers and reformers. It identifies the ke……続きを見る

This book looks at adaptations, translations and performance of Shakespeare's productions in India from the mid-18th century, when British officers in India staged Shakespeare's plays along with oth……続きを見る

This book explores the dilemma of Bond's 'two selves' and his existential search for an identity. This exploration, analysed across six chapters, is informed by a variety of postcolonial, historical……続きを見る

The South Asian women’s diaspora engages in spatio-temporal interactions and power differentials in a variety of narratives, articulating agency, multiplicities of belonging and culturally integrati……続きを見る

Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World contributes new methods for the study and interpretation of material religion found within literary landscapes. The poets of Hindu devotion are known……続きを見る

John Beames' 'Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal' is an enlightening exploration of the devotional poetry created in Bengal during the 15th and 16th centuries. Beames delves into the litera……続きを見る

In 'Fians, Fairies and Picts' by David MacRitchie, the author delves into the rich folklore and historical accounts of ancient Scotland, exploring the connection between the mysterious Fians (or Fia……続きを見る

Polycoloniality is a study of the activities of non-British European powers and players - primarily the Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Danish, the 'Germans' (representatives of the Austrian ……続きを見る

Kashmiri Life Narratives takes as its central focus writings -- memoirs, non-fictional and fictional Bildungsromane -- published circa 2008 by Kashmiris/Indians living in the Valley of Kashmir, Indi……続きを見る

“निचे चले रेल के पहिया, औ उपर जहाज हवाई ! चिन्तम मरिगा लौन्डा, करके याद लुगाई ! हे चिन्तम में ....।” यो रत्नेशको आवाज थियो । “ओइ धोती तँ पनि आइपुगिस् ?” विक्रमले भन्यो । “अरे यार, विक्रम दाजु । अस्त……続きを見る

Exploring the evolution of song and dance in the popular Hindi film, this book examines how these quintessential elements have been and continue to be theorized. As song ‘picturizations’, as they ar……続きを見る

This wide-ranging and powerful book argues that Theravāda Buddhism provides ways of thinking about the self that can reinvigorate the humanities and offer broader insights into how to learn and how ……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Le Rāmāyana ou « Geste de Rāma » retrace la vie et la marche (« ayana »), l'offensive guerrière de Rāma, prince d'Ayodhyā, et de son ……続きを見る

This book uses the conceptual framework of animism, the belief in the spiritual qualities of nonhuman matter, to analyze representations of trauma in postcolonial fiction from Nigeria and India. Tow……続きを見る

Dans son livre 'Aux glaces polaires: Indiens et esquimaux', R. P. Duchaussois nous plonge dans une exploration fascinante des cultures autochtones des régions arctiques. Son style littéraire captiva……続きを見る

Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of ……続きを見る

In a work of stunning archival recovery and interpretive virtuosity, Priya Joshi illuminates the cultural work performed by two kinds of English novels in India during the colonial and postcolonial ……続きを見る

A terrifying sound disturbs the peace of Hansuli Turn, a forest village in Bengal, and the community splits as to its meaning. Does it herald the apocalyptic departure of the gods or is there a more……続きを見る

Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, ……続きを見る

Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal ……続きを見る

The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollecti……続きを見る

In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of ste……続きを見る

Composed in the mid-sixteenth century, The Sound of the Kiss, or The Story That Must Never Be Told, could be considered the first novel written in South Asia. Telugu, the language spoken in today's ……続きを見る

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 s……続きを見る

Can there be a novel of the international working class despite the conditions and constraints of economic globalization? What does it mean to invoke working-class writing as an ethical intervention……続きを見る