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Book SynopsisStoried Island presents the rich and diverse world of texts composed on the island of Java, Indonesia. It analyses Javanese texts not studied to date, reassess texts studied by earlier generations of scholars, and broadly rethinks and remaps major dimensions of Javanese literature, inviting comparison with literary cultures from across the globe.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Acknowledgments List of Figures and Maps A Note on Orthography and Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction Ronit Ricci 1 Rediscovering Islam in Javanese History M.C. Ricklefs 2 Stepping on a Wulu: Minor Characters and Narrative Possibilities in the Sĕrat Cĕnthini Tony Day 3 Better to Touch the Heart: Performing Sufi Songs (Suluk) in the Sĕrat Cĕnthini Nancy K. Florida 4 The Hamza Affect: Feeling as a Moving Force in the Asian-Islamic Epic Bernard Arps 5 Sunan Bonang’s Teaching: Ethical Sufism in Sixteenth-Century Java Yumi Sugahara 6 Situated Prophethood: Reading the Serat Ambiya in Nineteenth-Century Java Ronit Ricci 7 Where Is Mecca? Or, Map and Territory: Reflections from Java Verena Meyer 8 Words of Power and Wisdom: Credible Authorities and Reliable Sources in the Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung Els Bogaerts 9 On the Wrong Side of History Key Episodes in the Sĕrat Rama and the Panji Paniba Willem van der Molen 10 Rethinking Categorization in Javanese Literary History: Some Reflections on a Fin-de-Siècle Memoir by Raden Sasrakusuma Edwin P. Wieringa Glossary Index
