Writing Tamil Catholicism : : Literature, Persuasion and Devotion in the Eighteenth Century / / Margherita Trento.
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Trento, Margherita, author. Writing Tamil Catholicism : Literature, Persuasion and Devotion in the Eighteenth Century / Margherita Trento. First edition. Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill nv, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (369 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Philological Encounters Monographs ; Volume 3 "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 catechists, chose Tamil poetry as the social and political language of Catholicism in eighteenth-century South India. Trento analyzes a corpus of Tamil grammars and poems, chiefly Beschi's Tēmpāvaṇi, alongside archival documents to show how, by presenting themselves as poets and intellectuals, Catholic elites gained a persuasive voice as well as entrance into the learned society of the Tamil country and its networks of patronage"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. 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. Description based on print version record. Tamil poetry 18th century History and criticism. Tamil poetry Catholic authors. Religion and literature. Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, 1680-1747 Criticism and interpretation. 90-04-51161-X Philological encounters monographs ; Volume 3. |
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