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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 891.44100803829452114 EAN: 9780195134353 ISBN: 0195134354 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: 2001-06-28 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Reviews: This book chronicles the rise of goddess worship in the region of Bengal from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present. Focusing on the goddesses Kali and Uma, McDermott examines lyrical poems written by devotees from Ramprasad Sen (ca. 1718-1775) to Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976).