In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali by Denise Levertov, Edward C. Dimock

In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali

Denise Levertov, Edward C. Dimock

118 pages first pub 1967 (editions)

nonfiction poetry religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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A reader seeking lyrical explorations of divine and human love through passionate, metaphor-rich poetry that bridges the sacred and the sensual.

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Arising out of a devotional and enthusiastic religious movement that swept across most of northern and eastern India in the period from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, the powerful and moving lyrics collected and elegantly transl...

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