NDLI: Sharing a Single Seat: The Poetics and Politics of Male Intimacy in the Vikramāṅkakāvya

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Author	Cox, Whitney
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	In this essay, I trace the enabling conditions for the major statement of the subversive subtext in Bilhaṇa’s Vikramāṅkadevacarita (VDC) by unpacking the operation of the work’s patent, eulogistic text. In particular, I will explore the place given to the depiction of male intimacy as a poetic substitute or simulacrum for the political alliances central to Vikramāditya’s coming to the throne, as described in the mahākāvya’s fourth through sixth sargas. My intention in focusing on the intense friendships between men is to highlight a significant rhetorical strategy of Bilhaṇa’s, which allowed the poet both to introduce and to buffer the poem’s most explicit statement of his skepticism towards royal power. It is this charged affective theme—one that occupied only a tenuous position within the regnant critical discourse of literary emotion at the time—that sets up Bilhaṇa’s most powerful and explicit denunciation of kingship. The explicit theme of royal praise and the subtext of its denunciation can thus be seen as contrapuntally related, which goes some way towards explaining how the court poet was able to successfully carry off his potentially incendiary literary project.
Starting Page	485
Ending Page	501
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00221791
Journal	Journal of Indian Philosophy
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15730395
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-09-02
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bilhaṇa Kāvya Friendship Politics Intimacy Non-Western Philosophy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Cultural Studies

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