The Saktas: An Introduction and Comparative Study - Hardcover

Payne, Ernest A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082403905X ISBN 13: 9780824039059

Publisher: Garland Pub.,N.Y., 1980

Synopsis

Cogent study sheds much light on Hindu sect often connected with the most debased practices of Hinduism. Outlines practices, investigates origins of cult's beliefs, causes of its popularity, more.

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About the Author

Michael Payne is John P. Corzer Professor of English at Bucknell University. He is editor of Blackwell's "Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory" (1996) and general editor of the "Bucknell Lectures in Literary Theory," also published by Blackwell. His "Reading French Feminism" is forthcoming, as is his "Renaissance Literature: An Anthology," in the Blackwell Anthologies series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Garland Pub.,N.Y.
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082403905X
• ISBN 13: 9780824039059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 167