Temples and the Ruins of Time in Sunthorn Phu's "Nirat to Golden Mountain Temple"

One of the most well-regarded poems of Sunthorn Phu (1786-1855), a long-serving but unwilling Buddhist monk who is considered the "Shakespeare of Thailand," is his nirat poetic journey to the Golden Mountain Temple of Ayutthaya in 1828. This article argues that a travel poem such as Suntho...

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Main Author: McBain, Paul Lewis ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: History of religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 227-253
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