A Merry Senhor in the Malay world. : four texts of the Syair Sinyor Kosta / / Volume 2. : / edited by R. M. Dumas.

• Superior document: Bibliotheca Indonesica
• TeilnehmendeR: Dumas, R. M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- III Translations -- The translation of text T -- Introduction: The problems of translating the Syair Sinyor Kosta -- Translation -- Continuing a tradition: Recreating the Syair Sinyor Kista -- Introduction, based on text D -- The poem of Sinyor Kista -- IV The variant versions of the Syair Sinyor Kosta -- An attempt at analysis and interpretation -- Introduction -- Comparative textual history -- The data contained in the manuscripts -- Textual comparison of the four versions -- Detailed comparison of the versions T and B -- Concluding remarks -- A mimetic comparison of the four versions -- Introduction -- Mimetic aspects of C -- Mimetic aspects of B -- Mimetic aspects of T -- Mimetic aspects of D -- Concluding remarks -- Rhyme and verse structure -- Introduction -- The structure of the verse -- Comparison -- Rhyme -- Constraints and practice -- Rhyming words in two versions T and D -- Poetical constraints and linguistic usage -- Concluding remarks -- Structure and significance -- Introduction -- Version T -- Version C -- Version B -- Version D -- V Apparatus criticus and notes -- Apparatus criticus to text T and colophons -- Notes to T -- Notes to text C -- Notes to text D -- Glossary -- Bibliography and abbreviations -- About the editors -- Index -- List of Malay texts mentioned.