Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India

Author:   Karen Pechilis (Drew University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415615860


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 December 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Karen Pechilis (Drew University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780415615860


ISBN 10:   0415615860
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Gestures of Interpretation 2. The Poet’s Words 3. The Poet’s Vision 4. The Biographer’s View 5. A Public’s Vantage 6. Concluding Thoughts

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An excellent piece of scholarship from someone who could well have been a poet. - Bharati Jagannathan, University of Delhi; Himal Southasian, July 2012. Karen Pechilis' delightful book on Karaikkal Ammaiyar offers a multifaceted approach to this pioneering South Indian female devotee of Civa... Pechilis' book offers an excellent theoretical framework for bhakti that adds to other work already published on Karaikkal Ammaiyar. - Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado; International Journal of Hindu Studies 17, 1 (2013) Given its theoretical investment and topical location, this book will appeal to scholars of bhakti traditions, Indian religions, and comparative studies of devotion across religious traditions. - Varuni Bhatia, University of Michigan, Religious Studies Review 2013


An excellent piece of scholarship from someone who could well have been a poet. - Bharati Jagannathan, University of Delhi; Himal Southasian, July 2012.


An excellent piece of scholarship from someone who could well have been a poet. - Bharati Jagannathan, University of Delhi; Himal Southasian, July 2012. Karen Pechilis' delightful book on Karaikkal Ammaiyar offers a multifaceted approach to this pioneering South Indian female devotee of Civa... Pechilis' book offers an excellent theoretical framework for bhakti that adds to other work already published on Karaikkal Ammaiyar. - Loriliai Biernacki, University of Colorado; International Journal of Hindu Studies 17, 1 (2013)


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Karen Pechilis is Professor of Religious Studies and NEH Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Drew University, USA. She is an experienced theorist of devotion and translator of Tamil Śiva-bhakti hymns and their scholarly interpretation. Her previous books are The Embodiment of Bhakti (1999) and The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States (2004).

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