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A History of Hindi Literature

1920

Western Hindi has as its principal dialects Bängarb to the west of the Ganges in the highlands of the South-Eastern Panjab ; Braj Bhishi the language spoken in Muttra and the surrounding district which is the chief dialect of Western Hindi for poetry ; Kanauji (very similar to Braj Bhashä) which is spoken in the lower part of the central Doab and the country to the north ; Bundeli in Bundel [...] The end of the period however during the eighteenth century coinciding with the time of the decay of the Mughal Empire was a time of decline in the high quality of Hindi literature and does not contain many writers of first-rate excellence. [...] In the eighteenth century the English had been struggling in India with the French for mastery but now that conflict had been decided and the English supremacy was further established by the break up of the old Mughal Empire and the weakening of the Maratha power. [...] From the sweat of the wounds of the heroes on the field A thick stream flows and dyes the sand As warriors of the bare: smote On the field fell heads and headless trucks of the foe. [...] 3" v. THE MUGHAL COURT AND THE ARTISTIC INFLUENCE IN HINDI LITERATURE (1550.1800) The New Influence in Hindi Poetry.—Although the religious language of the Muhammadans was Arabic the literary language they used in India and the language of the court was Persian.
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Cover
i-1 Frank Keay view
Preface
2-2 Frank Keay view
I. The Hindi Language and its Neighbours
3-5 Frank Keay view
II. A General Survey of Hindi Literature
6-11 Frank Keay view
III. Early Bardic Chronicles (1150-1400)
12-18 Frank Keay view
IV. Early Bhakti Poets (1400-1550)
19-33 Frank Keay view
V. The Mughal Court and the Artistic Influence in Hindi Literature (1550-1800)
34-50 Frank Keay view
VI. Tulsi Dás and the Ráma Cult (1550-1800)
51-61 Frank Keay view
VII. The Successors of Kabir
62-71 Frank Keay view
VIII. The Krishna Cult (1550-1800)
72-80 Frank Keay view
IX. Baruic and other Literature (1550-1800)
81-86 Frank Keay view
X. The Modern Period (from 1800)
87-99 Frank Keay view
XI. Some General Characteristics of Hindi Literature
100-107 Frank Keay view
Bibliography
108-109 Frank Keay view
Index
110-116 Frank Keay view

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