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Kāma's Flowers: Nature in Hindi Poetry and Criticism, 1885-1925

Kāma's Flowers: Nature in Hindi Poetry and Criticism, 1885-1925

Ritter, Valerie

Paperback

Series: Suny Hindu Studies

General PoetryGeneral World HistoryIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1438435665
ISBN13: 9781438435664
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 2 2012
Pages: 366
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Explores the transformation of Hindi poetry as it reflects a changing society during the period from 1885 to 1925.

Kama's Flowers documents the transformation of Hindi poetry during the crucial period of 1885-1925. As Hindi was becoming a national language and Indian nationalism was emerging, Hindi authors articulated a North Indian version of modernity by reenvisioning nature. While their writing has previously been seen as an imitation of European Romanticism, Valerie Ritter shows its unique and particular function in North India. Description of the natural world recalled traditional poetics, particularly erotic and devotional poetics, but was now used to address sociopolitical concerns, as authors created literature to advocate for a national character and to address a growing audience of female readers.

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