Williams If All the World Were Paper

A History of Writing in Hindi
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-55875-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch

Telling the story of Hindi literature’s development, If All the World Were Paper demonstrates how the ways books were inscribed, organized, and used can tell us as much about their meaning and significance as the texts within them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Tyler W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Prologue: Into the Archive
Introduction: Writing a History of Writing in the Vernacular
1. Storytellers and Storybooks
2. Saints, Singers, and Songbooks
3. Pothis, Pandits, and Princes
4. The Guru’s Voice and the Sacred Book
Conclusion: Building an Archive for Hindi
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tyler W. Williams is associate professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. His research addresses Hindi literature, book history, aesthetics, and religion.