Table of Contents: The exotic :

Main Author:	Figueira, Dorothy Matilda, 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.
Series:	SUNY series, the margins of literature
Subjects:	Exoticism in literature. Comparative literature > European and Indic. Comparative literature > Indic and European. TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Letterkunde. Exotisme. Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft. India > In literature. Europa.
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Table of Contents:

pt. I. Exoticism: Model for Inspiration or Alibi for Despair? 1. The Dynamics of Exoticism: Herder's Epigram and Gunderrode's Epitaph. 2. Rationalist Heroes and Irrational Victims: Satis, Bayaderas, and Pariahs
pt. II. The Politics of Language and the Politics of Exoticism. 3. The Politics of Exoticism: Friedrich Schlegel's Metaphorical Pilgrimage to India. 4. Scholarly Collusion and the Ethos of Despair: The Initial Reception of the Bhagavad Gita
pt. III. The Poetics of Despair: Irrational Responses to Exoticism. 5. The German Quest for Nirvana. 6. Neantisme. 7. Indian Thought and the Formation of Aryan Ideology: Aryans, Tschandalen, and the Lunatic Fringe.