TY - BOOK AU - Das,Sisir Kumar TI - A history of Indian literature, 500-1399: from courtly to the popular SN - 8126021713 U1 - 809.0954 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sahitya Akademi KW - Indic literature KW - History and criticism KW - Sanskrit literature -- History and criticism KW - 1865 middle and modern Indian language and/or literature KW - Indic literature To 1500 History and criticism. KW - Sanskrit literature N1 - 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 ER -