LEADER 04076 am 22008173u 450 001 9910341146603321 005 20230621135342.0 010 $a0-520-30633-3 024 7 $a10.1525/luminos.76 035 $a(CKB)4100000009365986 035 $a(OAPEN)1005409 035 $a(DE-B1597)539944 035 $a(OCoLC)1089279590 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520973688 035 $a(ScCtBLL)e65071f5-cfcc-4da4-a1d9-3cc4a982d6a1 035 $aEBL6984280 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL6984280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6984280 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37194 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009365986 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmu#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWitness to Marvels $eSufism and Literary Imagination /$fTony K. Stewart 210 $aOakland$cUniversity of California Press$d2019 210 1$aBerkeley, CA : $cUniversity of California Press, $d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xxxi, 300 pages) $cillustrations; PDF, digital file(s) 225 0 $aIslamic Humanities ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: 9780520306332 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tConventions Regarding Transliteration and Nomenclature -- $tConventions Regarding Dates -- $t1. Heavenly Orchestrations: The World of the Legendary P?rs of Bengal -- $t2. The Enchanting Lives of the P?rs: Structures of Narrative Romance -- $t3. Subjunctive Explorations: The Parodic Work of P?r Kath? -- $t4. Mapping the Imaginaire: The Conditions of Possibility -- $t5. Manipulating the Cosmic Hierarchy: A Practical Act of Conceptual Blending -- $t6. Pragmatics of P?r Kath?: Emplotment and Extra-Discursive Effects -- $tEpilogue -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. There is a vast body of imaginal literature in Bengali that introduces fictional Sufi saints into the complex mythological world of Hindu gods and goddesses. Dating to the sixteenth century, the stories-pir katha-are still widely read and performed today. The events that play out rival the fabulations of the Arabian Nights, which has led them to be dismissed as simplistic folktales, yet the work of these stories is profound: they provide fascinating insight into how Islam habituated itself into the cultural life of the Bangla-speaking world. In Witness to Marvels, Tony K. Stewart unearths the dazzling tales of Sufi saints to signal a bold new perspective on the subtle ways Islam assumed its distinctive form in Bengal. 410 0$aIslamic Humanities. 606 $aRomance fiction, Bengali 606 $aIslam and literature$zIndia$zBengal 606 $aSufism$zIndia$zBengal 606 $aHinduism$zIndia$zBengal 610 $a16th century. 610 $aanimal. 610 $adivine. 610 $afictional sufi saints. 610 $ahindu gods and goddesses. 610 $ahuman. 610 $aimaginal literature in bengali. 610 $aislams distinctive form in bengal. 610 $amythological world. 610 $aparodic work of pir katha. 610 $apir katha. 610 $apragmatics of pir katha. 610 $aprecolonial south asia. 610 $astructures of narrative romance. 610 $astudies of south asia. 610 $asuperhuman. 610 $atales of sufi saints. 615 0$aRomance fiction, Bengali. 615 0$aIslam and literature 615 0$aSufism 615 0$aHinduism 676 $a891.4409382 700 $aStewart$b Tony K., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0921004 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910341146603321 996 $aWitness to Marvels$92065722 997 $aUNINA