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The Kabir book : forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir
- Title
- The Kabir book : forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir / versions by Robert Bly.
- Author
- Kabir, active 15th century
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, [1977]
- ©1977
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PK2095.K3 K32 1977 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 71 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Few major achievements of world literature are as little known to Americans as the great ecstatic poetry of the Hindus and Sufis, as exemplified by the work of the 15th century master, Kabir. Irreverent while being intensely religious, Kabir seems incredibly playful in his taunting of the sacred dogmas of his time--to readers accustomed to the solemnity and ideological fidelity of most Western religious poems. Kabir has been translated into English only once before, by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill. Unfortunately, Tagore's Victorian English was simply not equal to Kabir's directness, spontaneity, and irreverent humor. Working from the Tagore-Underhill translation, Bly has done much more than retranslate into American diction. A noted poet himself, he has breathed new life into the work of a fascinating poet"--From back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Translations
- Religious poetry.
- Hindi poetry
- Poésie religieuse.
- Note
- "A Seventies Press book."
- Contents
- "This book has three groups of poems": The fish in the sea is not thirsty -- The Bhakti path -- The only woman awake is the woman who has heard the flute.
- ISBN
- 0807063789
- 9780807063781
- 0807063797
- 9780807063798
- LCCN
- 76007737
- OCLC
- ocm02388000
- 2388000
- SCSB-43609
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library