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Andrew Schelling (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Counterpoint
Publication date
February 11, 2014
Pages
294
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781619022416
ISBN-10
1619022419
Dimensions
1.25 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$24.00
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Antigonick | Erotic Love Poems from India | Garden Time | Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing | Translations | The Language Of Yoga | Love Song of the Dark Lord | Bright As an Autumn Moon | Grace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair
Summaries and Reviews
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For thousands of years, India has excelled at erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional poetry often harnesses great energy and mystical insight. It is in fact often hard to tell whether the poets are offering poems of spiritual longing using the garment of love poetry, or writing erotic poems in the guise of devotion. Perhaps, in a country where erotic sculpture routinely ornaments its many temples and the gods are known for their explosive sexuality, this question has little meaning to these remarkable writers. In their devotional traditions, eroticism and mysticism seem inseparable.
This wonderful selection spans 2,500 years, and includes work originally sung or recited by their well-known bards: Kabir, Mirabai, Lal Ded, Vidyapati and Tagore. There are also poems from the Upanishad, from ancient Sanskrit poetry and Punjab folk lyrics. The poets have largely emerged from the ranks of the dispossessed: leather workers, refuse collectors, maidservants, women, & orphans. Their vision is of a democratic society in which all voices count, much like American gospel and blues, Shaker songs, or the grand vision of Walt Whitman. Often they faced persecution for speaking candidly, or daring to speak of spiritual matters at all. The notes include profiles of these legendary lives. Several of these poets simply vanished, absorbed into a deity, or disappeared in a flash of purple lightening. A few produced miraclesÂmost of them have clouds of mystery around them.
Andrew Schelling has drawn on the work of 24 other translators, including Ezra Pound, Robert Bly, W. S. Merwin, Jane Hirschfield and Denise Levertov, to build what will be the finest anthology of Indiaâs erotic and spiritual poetry for the general read ever assembled.
This wonderful selection spans 2,500 years, and includes work originally sung or recited by their well-known bards: Kabir, Mirabai, Lal Ded, Vidyapati and Tagore. There are also poems from the Upanishad, from ancient Sanskrit poetry and Punjab folk lyrics. The poets have largely emerged from the ranks of the dispossessed: leather workers, refuse collectors, maidservants, women, & orphans. Their vision is of a democratic society in which all voices count, much like American gospel and blues, Shaker songs, or the grand vision of Walt Whitman. Often they faced persecution for speaking candidly, or daring to speak of spiritual matters at all. The notes include profiles of these legendary lives. Several of these poets simply vanished, absorbed into a deity, or disappeared in a flash of purple lightening. A few produced miraclesÂmost of them have clouds of mystery around them.
Andrew Schelling has drawn on the work of 24 other translators, including Ezra Pound, Robert Bly, W. S. Merwin, Jane Hirschfield and Denise Levertov, to build what will be the finest anthology of Indiaâs erotic and spiritual poetry for the general read ever assembled.
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Hardcover
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With Eliot Weinberger (other contributor) |
from Counterpoint (February 11, 2014)
9781619022416 | details & prices | 294 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $24.00
About: For thousands of years, India has excelled at erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional poetry often harnesses great energy and mystical insight.
About: For thousands of years, India has excelled at erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional poetry often harnesses great energy and mystical insight.
Paperback
from Counterpoint (December 21, 2016); titled "Love & the Turning Seasons: India's Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing"
9781619024717 | details & prices | 160 pages | List price $15.95
About: For thousands of years, the Indian subcontinent has proved a fertile ground for the worldâs most captivating erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional writing harnesses great energy and mystical insight.
About: For thousands of years, the Indian subcontinent has proved a fertile ground for the worldâs most captivating erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional writing harnesses great energy and mystical insight.
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