BIOGRAPHIES

Bahadur, Krishna Prakash. A New Look at Kabir, New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1997, 288 p.

Detailed study that covers Kabīr's life, philosophy, poetry, and language; the social and religious context in which he lived and wrote; and traditional beliefs about his life and contributions.

Varma, Ram Kumar. Kabir: Biography and Philosophy, New Delhi: Prints India, 1977, 152 p.

Reconstruction of Kabīr's biography and philosophy based on his utterances.

CRITICISM

Callewaert, Winand M. “Kabir. Scholarly Commentaries on Un-Critical Texts?” Annali Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli: Rivista del Dipartmento di Studi Asiatic 56, no. 1 (1996): 88-98.

Discusses the authenticity of the songs attributed to Kabīr.

Ram, K. S. “Kabir, Surdas and Mirabai: A Note on Bhakti Poetry in Hindi.” The Literary Criterion 24, no. 1 (1989): 147-52.

Examines common features of the Bhakti, or devotional, poetry of three of the four most important Bhakti poets in Hindi.

Schomer, Karine. “Kabir in the Guru Granth Sahib: An Exploratory Essay.” In Sikh Studies: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Tradition, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer and N. Gerald Barrier, pp. 75-86. Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Religious Studies Series, 1979.

Compares the Kabīr traditions preserved in the Sikh scriptures, Guru Granth Sahib, with those preserved elsewhere to shed light on Sikhism.

Vaudeville, Charlotte. “Kabir's Language and Languages, Hindui as the Language of Non-Conformity.” Indo-Iranian Journal 33, no. 4 (October 1990): 259-66.

Discussion of Kabīr's own language and the use of the languages in which his sayings were originally composed.

Additional coverage of Kabīr's life and career is contained in the following source published by Thomson Gale: Literature Resource Center; Poetry Criticism, Vol. 56; Reference Guide to World Literature, Eds. 2, 3.