Love Songs of Chandidas

The Rebel Poet-Priest of Bengal
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-76715-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1967, Love Songs of Chandidas provides an informative introduction which makes vividly clear the importance of Chandidas to the Indian peasant masses. As the author tells us, the traveller through the Birbhum area of Bengal hears Chandidas everywhere, in the villages, in the fields, on the roads. Night after night, the people gather in the temple courtyards or on the village greens to listen to professional ‘Kirtan’ singers sing his songs of the divine love of Radha and Krishna. The influence of Chandidas on contemporary Bengali literature is equally important, his songs having enriched the work of great poets such as Rabindranath Tagore, Govindadas, and many others. The author also discusses the interesting topic of the Sahaja (‘spontaneity’) movement in Indian faith and literature, as manifested in the songs of Chandidas, and the worship of love-making, divine and human, as an important aspect of this faith. This book will be of interest to students of literature, music, history, cultural studies and South Asian studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhattacharya, Deben

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Introduction 1. Love songs of Chandidas 2. Dwija Chandidas 3. Badu Chandidas 4. Sahaja Poems Bibliography Discography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Translated by Deben Bhattacharya