Writing Tamil Catholicism Literature, Persuasion and Devotion in the Eighteenth Century
"In Writing Tamil Catholicism: Literature, Persuasion and Devotion in the Eighteenth Century, Margherita Trento explores the process by which the Jesuit missionary Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi (1680-1747), in collaboration with a group of local lay elites identified by their profession as catechist...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
Koninklijke Brill nv
[2022]
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Philological encounters monographs ;
Volume 3. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009758536006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction. Catholic Literary Practices in Eighteenth-Century South India
- 1. Genealogies of Tamil Catholicism
- 2. Microstoria and the Global in the Local
- 3. The Beginnings of Catholic Literature in Tamil
- 3.1. Writing before Accommodation
- 3.2. Social Accommodation in Madurai
- 3.3. The Literary Turn
- 3.4. Beyond Accommodation
- 4. The Making of an Archive
- 5. Chapter Outline and Threads across the Chapters
- Part 1. Spiritual Institutions
- Chapter 1. Spiritual Exercises for Tamil Saints
- 1. Being a Catechist: Preaching and Literature
- 2. Being a Catechist: Caste and Profession
- 3. Bringing the Spiritual Exercises to the Mission
- 4. Spiritual Retreats between Italy and India
- 5. Missionary Strategies and Tamil Locations
- Chapter 2. Tamil Manuals for Catholic Selves
- 1. Creating a Catholic Self: The Ñāṉamuyaṟci
- 2. Disciplining the Catholic Self: The Vētiyaroḻukkam
- 3. The Dangers of a Self in Transition
- 4. The Catholic Self and Its Other: The Vētaviḷakkam
- 5. Conclusions: Catholic Selves, Dangers and Discipline
- Part 2. Rhetorical Education
- Chapter 3. Catholic Poetics and Politics of Space
- 1. Jesuit Humanism and Devotion
- 2. Kaveri Delta Politics
- 3. A Mirror for a Tamil Christian King
- 4. The Ēlākkuṟicci School of Rhetoric
- 5. Ēlākkuṟicci as a Christian Maṭam
- Chapter 4. A Tamil Grammar of Persuasion
- 1. A Textbook of (Christian) Tamil: The Toṉṉūlviḷakkam
- 2. Amplificatio as Poruḷ
- 3. The Grammar of Society
- 4. Ignorant Enemies
- 5. Conclusions: Tamil Poetry and the Grammar of Persuasion
- Part 3. Catholic Poetry in a Tamil World
- Chapter 5. Writing for Eighteenth-Century Catechists.
- 1. Christian Epic and Tamil Peruṅkāppiyam
- 2. Worldly Publics, Divine Patrons
- 3. Angelic Time and the Relocation of Devotion
- 4. Tamil Demons and Christian Wonder
- 5. Staged Conversions
- 5.1. The Temptations of Rebirth
- 5.2. The Devil Is a Woman
- 5.3. The Discernment of the Pēys
- Chapter 6. Reading as an Eighteenth-Century Catechist
- 1. Paper and Palm-Leaf Trails
- 2. Catechist Dynasties
- 3. Śaiva Neighbors and Rivals
- 4. Towards the Colonial Archive
- 5. Conclusions: Catholic Lay Identities in the longue durée
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index: People, Places, Works.
