Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre: Ṭhumrī Lyrics

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Author(s): Lalita du Perrson
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 256
City: New York

BOOK COVER
TITLE
DEDICATION
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
PLATES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION AND REFERENCES
ABBREVIATIONS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 ‘I GET NO PEACE’: The female voice in thumri
3 PINING AND PRANKING: The themes of thumri
4 COURTESANS AND PATRONS: The context of thumri
5 ‘MY LITTLE BED IS EMPTY’: The language of thumri
6 RHYME AND METRE: The form of thumri
7 GENRE, AUTHENTICITY AND TRADITION
8 CONCLUSION
MAIN CORPUS
GLOSSARY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX