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The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet´s Great Saint Milarepa
Andrew Quintman
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Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052-1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the poet and saint into a model of virtuosic Buddhist practice throughout the Himalayan world. Andrew Quintman traces this history and its innovations in narrative and aesthetic representation across four centuries, culminating in a detailed analysis of the genre's most famous example, composed in 1488 by Tsangnyon Heruka, or the Madman of Western Tibet. Quintman imagines these works as a kind of physical body supplanting the yogin's corporeal relics.
Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052-1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the poet and saint into a model of virtuosic Buddhist practice throughout the Himalayan world. Andrew Quintman traces this history and its innovations in narrative and aesthetic representation across four centuries, culminating in a detailed analysis of the genre's most famous example, composed in 1488 by Tsangnyon Heruka, or the Madman of Western Tibet. Quintman imagines these works as a kind of physical body supplanting the yogin's corporeal relics.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231164153
SKU
V9780231164153
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About Andrew Quintman
Andrew Quintman is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University.
Reviews for The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet´s Great Saint Milarepa
Quintman is the leading authority on the Milarepa story, and this book is the most important contribution to our understanding of this great narrative's rich history to date.
Kurtis R. Schaeffer, University of Virginia The most important study yet published about the literary tradition surrounding the greatest single work in Tibetan literature. It does more than any previous study to give historical access to the life (and lives) of Tibet's most revered and influential yogin and poet.
Roger R. Jackson, Carleton College This book studies the making of perhaps the greatest masterpiece in Tibetan history. Quintman shows how a bare account of events is transformed into a human story that touches the lives of both its author and its avid readers, making a signal contribution to the study of literature and its place in religion.
Janet Gyatso, Harvard Divinity School The Yogin and the Madman is a treasure trove for anyone, who wishes to learn more about literary traditions in the Himalayas, Buddhist history, and about the life of Milarepa. Kuensel Quintman's work represents a groundbreaking achievement in the presentation of Tibetan biographies to a wider audience. His command of both Tibetan and Tibetan Buddhism ensures a solid presentation of complex and wide-ranging material, and his deep knowledge of literary theory broadens the reader's understanding of sacred biography in general.
Cecile Ducher Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies [A] masterful study.
Janet Gyatso The Journal of Asian Studies
Kurtis R. Schaeffer, University of Virginia The most important study yet published about the literary tradition surrounding the greatest single work in Tibetan literature. It does more than any previous study to give historical access to the life (and lives) of Tibet's most revered and influential yogin and poet.
Roger R. Jackson, Carleton College This book studies the making of perhaps the greatest masterpiece in Tibetan history. Quintman shows how a bare account of events is transformed into a human story that touches the lives of both its author and its avid readers, making a signal contribution to the study of literature and its place in religion.
Janet Gyatso, Harvard Divinity School The Yogin and the Madman is a treasure trove for anyone, who wishes to learn more about literary traditions in the Himalayas, Buddhist history, and about the life of Milarepa. Kuensel Quintman's work represents a groundbreaking achievement in the presentation of Tibetan biographies to a wider audience. His command of both Tibetan and Tibetan Buddhism ensures a solid presentation of complex and wide-ranging material, and his deep knowledge of literary theory broadens the reader's understanding of sacred biography in general.
Cecile Ducher Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies [A] masterful study.
Janet Gyatso The Journal of Asian Studies