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Witness to Marvels : Sufism and Literary Imagination / / Tony K. Stewart



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Autore: Stewart Tony K. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Witness to Marvels : Sufism and Literary Imagination / / Tony K. Stewart Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, : University of California Press, 2019
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019]
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxi, 300 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)
Disciplina: 891.4409382
Soggetto topico: Romance fiction, Bengali
Islam and literature - India - Bengal
Sufism - India - Bengal
Hinduism - India - Bengal
Soggetto non controllato: 16th century
animal
divine
fictional sufi saints
hindu gods and goddesses
human
imaginal literature in bengali
islams distinctive form in bengal
mythological world
parodic work of pir katha
pir katha
pragmatics of pir katha
precolonial south asia
structures of narrative romance
studies of south asia
superhuman
tales of sufi saints
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions Regarding Transliteration and Nomenclature -- Conventions Regarding Dates -- 1. Heavenly Orchestrations: The World of the Legendary Pīrs of Bengal -- 2. The Enchanting Lives of the Pīrs: Structures of Narrative Romance -- 3. Subjunctive Explorations: The Parodic Work of Pīr Kathā -- 4. Mapping the Imaginaire: The Conditions of Possibility -- 5. Manipulating the Cosmic Hierarchy: A Practical Act of Conceptual Blending -- 6. Pragmatics of Pīr Kathā: Emplotment and Extra-Discursive Effects -- Epilogue -- Works Cited -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Witness to Marvels  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-30633-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996328037603316
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Serie: Islamic Humanities.