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Author Robson, Stuart

Title Kidung Pañji Margasmara A Middle Javanese Romance
Published Bielefeld : BRILL, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (449 p.)
Series Bibliotheca Indonesica Ser
Bibliotheca Indonesica Ser
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 Text and Translation By Stuart Robson -- Introduction -- Background -- Dating -- Sources -- Metre and Music -- The Literary Context -- On Gardens, Parks and Other Architecture -- Language and Translation -- Costume -- Kidung Pañji Margasmara, Dramatis Personae -- Text and Translation -- Textual Notes -- Variant Readings -- Lexicographical List -- Bibliography -- Part 2 Notes on History and Topography By Hadi Sidomulyo -- Introduction -- Topographical Notes -- Historical Aspects and General Conclusions
Appendix 1 A Note on the Fifteenth Century Kadipaten of Singhasari -- Appendix 2 Kidung Pañji Margasmara -- Chronological Table -- Appendix 3 List of Toponyms Occurring in the KPM -- Bibliography -- Plates -- General Index
Summary Javanese, a major language of Southeast Asia, possesses a little-known literature, occurring in various phases, Old, Middle and Modern. This publication presents a remarkable example, from the poetical literature of Middle Javanese, in an edited text with English translation and an extensive commentary. The aim is to acquaint a wider audience with this literature, in the hope of drawing attention to its fascinating qualities. Set principally in the Singhasari area of East Java, the narrative follows the journey of the lovers, Pañji Margasmara and Ken Candrasari, offering a glimpse of the beauty of the Javanese landscape in the 15th century. The cultural, historical and archaeological details preserved in the text help to shed light on the closing years of Majapahit, a largely unexplored period in Javanese history, before the age of Islam
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Parallel text in Middle Javanese and English
Subject Asian Studies
Literature and Cultural Studies
Translation Studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004516403
9004516409