Buddhist poetry and colonialism Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka

This title examines five works by the poet Alagiyavanna to demonstrate how Buddhism in Sri Lanka was transformed by the encounters with Portuguese colonialism in the 16th and 17th centuries

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berkwitz, Stephen C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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