Copyright
Imre BanghaPublished On
2015-10-05Page Range
pp. 359-382Print Length
23 pages13. A Curious King, a Psychic Leper, and the Workings of Karma: Bajid’s Entertaining Narratives
Chapter of: Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India(pp. 359–382)
Bangha’s chapter on Vajid offers an interesting twist to the way a writer transforms his material. To do this, he looks at a how a writer known for his devotional verse, when writing secular poetry, sometimes seems to satirize his own devotional usage.