{"product_id":"poetry-of-kings-the-classical-hindi-literature-of-mughal-india-9788178246628","title":"Poetry of Kings: The Classical Hindi Literature of Mughal India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Allison Busch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book about the classical Hindi tradition brings alive the world of Mughal-era poetry and court culture. Allison Busch draws on literary, social, and intellectual history to elucidate one of premodern India’s most significant textual traditions, documenting the rise of a new type of professional Hindi writer. She also offers insights into the motives that animated this literary community and its patrons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe examines how \u003cem\u003eriti\u003c\/em\u003e literature served as an important aesthetic and political resource in the multicultural world of Mughal India, looking in detail at Keshavdas, whose seminal \u003cem\u003eRasikpriya\u003c\/em\u003e (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs, 1591) was the catalyst for a new Hindi classicism. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe circulation of Hindi literature among diverse communities during this period is testament to a remarkable pluralism. Modern Hindi and Urdu, this book shows, cannot be understood as “Hindu” and “Muslim” languages. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616511484055,"sku":"9788178246628","price":642.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788178246628.webp?v=1769294987","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poetry-of-kings-the-classical-hindi-literature-of-mughal-india-9788178246628","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}