Das, Sisir Kumar

A history of Indian literature, 500-1399: from courtly to the popular/ Sisir Kumar Das. - New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi, 2005. - ix, 302 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-283) and index.

The foundation of medieval Indian literature -- The Bhakti movement: the poetry of ecstasy -- The world of Sanskrit plays and other traditions -- Epic, history, hagiography -- The prose narratives and the short verses -- The Ramayana: its configurations -- Transcreations of the epics -- Literature of the non-conformists -- Krishna and Radha -- Innovations in modern Indian languages -- Developments in modern Indian languages -- The spaces in medieval Indian literature.

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Indic literature--History and criticism.
Sanskrit literature -- History and criticism.
1865 middle and modern Indian language and/or literature.
Indic literature To 1500 History and criticism.
Sanskrit literature.

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