Poetry and History: Bengali Mangal-kabya and Social Change in Precolonial Bengal
David L.Curley
Price
650
ISBN
9788180280313
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2008
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
D C Publishers

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This collection of scholarly essays analyzes Bengali mangal-kabya, a genre of narrative literature. By careful attention to methods of literary criticism, they contribute to a more sophisticated use of precolonial Bengali literature as a source for social history. They will be be interesting and important for students of Bengali history and literature alike.

David Curley is Associate Professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at Western Washington University, U.S.A.