Here, Reddy illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Reddy strikes out from this historical moment on an exploration of love, contrasting the medieval development of romantic love in Europe with contemporaneous eastern traditions in Bengal.
Author | William M. Reddy |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Release Date | 2012-08-30 |
ISBN | 0226706265 |
Pages | 450 pages |
Rating | 4/5 (69 users) |