The Bengali Drama
The Bengali Drama

Author: P. Guha-Thakurta

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1136385606

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This is Volume V out of eleven that form a collection on India, its History, Economy and Society. First published in 1930, this book looks at the origin and development of Bengali Drama and contains matter for historians, as well as direct criticism of what the author considers to be genuinely dramatic in the literature of Bengal, past or present.

The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal
The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal

Author: Asim Roy

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1400856701

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Asim Roy argues that Islam in Bengal was not a corruption of the "real" Middle Eastern Islam, as nineteenth-century reformers claimed, but a valid historical religion developed in an area totally different from the Middle East. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.