Camille Bulcke: the Jesuit exponent of Ramkatha
"This is the first English biography of the Belgian Jesuit, Padma Bhushan recipient and renowned scholar of Hindi, Awadhi and Sanskrit: Father Camille Bulcke (1909-1982). Father Bulcke came to India when it was still a British colony, found spiritual inspiration in the life and compositions of...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Pubblicazione: |
Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| In: | Anno: 2024 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Bulcke, Camille 1909-1982
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Philologists (India) Biography
B Missionaries (Belgium) Biography B Missionaries (India) Biography B Bulcke, C (Camille) |
| Accesso online: |
Indice Quarta di copertina Literaturverzeichnis |
| Riepilogo: | "This is the first English biography of the Belgian Jesuit, Padma Bhushan recipient and renowned scholar of Hindi, Awadhi and Sanskrit: Father Camille Bulcke (1909-1982). Father Bulcke came to India when it was still a British colony, found spiritual inspiration in the life and compositions of the great Indian poet Goswami Tulsidas, and emerged as one of the renowned exponents of the Ramkatha (The Story of Rama) and the Hindi language. This book attempts to read and critically examine his life, while also analysing his writings on comparative religious studies. In doing so, it provides a brief overview of the world of Hindi literature and its development in postcolonial India through the contributions of Father Bulcke, and highlights the cultural and religious encounters between the West and the East, Europe and India, Christianity and Hinduism"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxvii, 288 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-83812-2 |
