Revival: Suttee (1928)

A Historical and Philosophical Enquiry Into the Hindu Rite of Widow-Burning

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Edward John Thompson

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I suppose the impulse to write this book dates back to my shame and anger in India when men and women of my own race extolled suttee, and the amazement with which I first saw the memorials of Hindu kings, with the sati’s couching forms. But the impulse was slight, and would have slept but for a publisher’s interest. Messrs. Allen & Unwin passed on to me questions asked about suttee by their reader when reporting on my share in Three Eastern Plays. Receiving my reply, they suggested that I should right on this subject.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-01-03
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Revivals
Antal sidor180
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138552647

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Edward John Thompson (9 April 1886 – 28 April 1946) was a British scholar, novelist, historian and translator. He is remembered for his translations from Bengali into English and his association with Rabindranath Tagore, on whom he wrote two books including a critical biography.Thompson died in Bledlow, Buckinghamshire of stomach cancer on 28 April 1946. He was 60. He is buried at the Bledlow church. India's Prisoner is a biography of his life by Mary Lago.