Storied Island : New Explorations in Javanese Literature

Storied Island New Explorations in Javanese Literature

"Javanese literature is one of the world's richest and most unusual literary traditions yet it is little known today outside of Java, Indonesia, and a handful of western universities. With its more than a millennium of documented history, its complex interactions over the centuries with li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ricci, Ronit (-)
Other Authors: Ricci, Ronit, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : BRILL 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series
Subjects:
Javanese literature > History and criticism.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009758529406719
Table of Contents:
  • Rediscovering Islam in Javanese history / M.C. Ricklefs
  • Stepping on a Wulu : minor characters and narrative possibilities in the Sĕrat Cĕnthini / Tony Day
  • Better to touch the heart : performing Sufi songs (Suluk) in the Sĕrat Cĕnthini / Nancy K. Florida
  • The Hamza affect : feeling as a moving force in the Asian-Islamic epic / Bernard Arps
  • Sunan Bonang's teaching : ethical Sufism in sixteenth-century Java / Yumi Sugahara
  • Situated prophethood : reading the Serat Ambiya in nineteenth-century Java / Ronit Ricci
  • Where is Mecca? Or, map and territory : reflections from Java / Verena Meyer
  • Words of power and wisdom : credible authorities and reliable sources in the Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung / Els Bogaerts
  • On the wrong side of history : key episodes in the Sĕrat Rama and the Panji Paniba / Willem van der Molen
  • Rethinking categorization in Javanese literary history : some reflections on a fin-de-siècle memoir by Raden Sasrakusuma / Edwin P. Wieringa.

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