Mahadevi Varma and the Chhayavad Age of Modern Hindi Poetry

by Karine Schomer

Book Overview

Mahadevi Varma was one of the leading poets of the romantic movement in Hindi poetry during the 1920s and 30s. She was also a writer of prose sketches, a translator of Sanskrit, and a literary theorist. This study combines intellectual history, biography, and literary criticism to create a vivid portrait of this important writer and her era.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195644506
• ISBN13: 9780195644500
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.