Originally published in romanian in, this semiautobiographical novel by the world. Precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was. During this time mircea and maitreyi became close to each other. The first edition of this novel was published in 1974, and was written by maitreyi devi.
The main characters of this european literature, romanian literature story are allan, maitreyi devi. Pdf maitreyi book by mircea eliade free download 200 pages. Read together with eliades bengal nights, devi s romance is a powerful study of what happens when the oppositions between innocence and experience, enchantment and disillusion, and cultural difference and colonial arrogance collide. Mircea wrote a very transparent novel called bengal nights. U of chicago press, not a denial as some have said, but a rejection of mirceas oversimplification of her part and her feelings in the whole story. A romance, was written as a response to bengal nights, and maitreyi devi described the romance and the cultural tensions resulted from it. Proud of her intelligence, maitreyi devis father had provided her with a fine and, for that time, remarkably liberal education and encouraged his. The woman mythologized as an enigmatic indian maiden by romanian scholar mircea eliade in bengal nights see.
A romance by maitreyi devi precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930 when mircea eliade came to calcutta to study with her father. Rewriting the colonial story in mircea eliades maitreyi and maitreyi devis na hanyate article pdf available in theory in action 64. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 264 pages and is available in paperback format. It truly is a breathtaking book and it will leave you speechless. A romance by maitreyi devi 19950401 paperback january 1, 1656 by maitreyi devi author 4. The complete essay will appear in the print edition of papercuts vol heroes and villains. Read together with eliades bengal nights, devis romance is a powerful study of what happens when the oppositions between innocence and experience, enchantment and disillusion, and cultural difference and colonial arrogance collide. Each book is remarkable in its own very different way but by itself each would be something of a curiosity. The main characters of this european literature, romanian literature story are allan. Devi was not aware of the book and the name of main character being maitreyi while eliads name was changed to allan.
Pdf rewriting the colonial story in mircea eliades. Bengal nights maitreyi in the romanian original, and the answer is considered to. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. More than forty years passed before devi read bengal nights, the novel eliade had fashioned out of their encounter, only to find small details and phrases, even her given name, bringing back episodes and feelings she had spent decades trying to forget. Later, i read maitreyi devis book john hurt and the other european cast members have pretty much phoned in their performances.
The book was published in multiple languages including english language, consists of 264 pages and is available in paperback format. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1933, and was written by mircea eliade. A novel, mircea eliade is published by university of chicago press. Free download or read online maitreyi pdf epub book. The book was published in multiple languages including romanian, consists of 200 pages and is available in paperback format. The first edition of the novel was published in 1974, and was written by maitreyi devi. Bengal nights by mircea eliade ebook friends of pdf. In fulfillment of a promise eliade made to maitreyi that his novel would not be published in english during their lifetimes 1an english translation, of mayitreyibengal nights mrcea not appear until do you have a restaurant. The novel was translated into italian in 1945, german in. This very thing drives amrita to find her unrequited love after a very long period. Precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930 when mircea eliade came to calcutta to study with her father. The main characters of this romance, cultural story are.
Mircea eliade is one of the most appreciated historians of religion, a beloved romanian writer, a phenomenologist of religion and a philosopher. To tell about the literary value, i have to tell the fluency and the storytelling style of the novel. The young friends did go to visit her elderly guru. It tells of the painful romance, of the life she lived after it and of her pilgrimage to confront the past over a bookstrewn library table. Here a bornpoet is at the height of her powers and maturity and yet is still that vulnerable, joyful sixteenyearold girl. Maitreyi is entirely, dragostea nu moaremaitreyi devi open about her dragostea nu moaremaitreyi devi. Pdf maitreyi devi dragostea nu moare lucut madalina. Perhaps it is never more ugly than when eliade, at the end of the novel, goes off to the himalayas to purify himself like a yogi on a mountain top, and finds cleansing in the bed of a blonde nordic valkyrie. Taken together, the new york times describes the two novels as an unusually touching story of young love unable to prevail against an opposition whose strength was tragically buttressed by the uncertainties of a cultural divide. In part a counter to eliades fantasies, the book is also a moving account of a first love fraught with cultural tensions, of false starts and lasting regrets. It changes your views on life, intimacy and everything, really.
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