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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series ; v.316
:
TeilnehmendeR:
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.
©2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (321 pages)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
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.