Medieval Devotional Lyrics:

Basavanna (1106-1167), Mahadeviyakka (12th c.), Vidyapati (14th c.), Govindadasa (15th c.), Chandidasa (16th c.); see also Mirabai (16th c.)

 

Recommended Background Texts:


Archer, W. G., The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry (1957) (on order)

Chandidasa, Love Songs of Chandidasa, trans. Deberi Bhattacharya (1967) (on order)

Dimock, C. Edward. and Denise Levertov, trans., In Praise of Krishna : Songs from the Bengali (1967) PK1771.E3 I5 1981

Hawley, John Stratton & Mark Juergensmeyer, ed. & trans., Songs of the Saints of India (1988) PK2141.E3 S66 1988

Hess, Linda & Shukdev Singh, The Bijak of Kabir (1986) (on order)

Jayadeva, Love Song of the Dark Lord : Jayadeva's Gitagovinda, trans. Barbara Stoller Miller (1977) PK3794.J3 G53 1977

Macnicol, Margaret, Poems by Indian Women (1923) (on order)

Ramanujan, A. K., Hymns for the Drowning (1981) (on order)

-----, Speaking of Siva (1973) (on order)

Tharu Susie & K. Lalitha, eds., Women Writing in India (1991) (on order)

Vidyapati, Love Songs of Vidyapati, trans. Deberi Bhattacharya (1963) (on order)