In the Shade of the Golden Palace

In the Shade of the Golden Palace explores the work of the prolific Bengali poet Alaol (fl. 1651-71), who translated five narrative poems and one versified treatise from medieval Hindi and Persian into Bengali. The book maps the genres, structures, and themes of Alaol''s works, paying special attention to his discourse on poetics and his literary genealogy, which included Sanskrit, Avadhi, Maithil...