Journal of Tibetan Literature

Research, Translation, Criticism

The Journal of Tibetan Literature focuses on the aesthetic dimensions of Tibetan literature in order to enhance appreciation of one of the world's great traditions.

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Journal of Tibetan Literature

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The Journal of Tibetan Literature Volume 2.1. The Journal of Tibetan Literature is a biannual, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to publishing research, translation, and criticism on Tibetan-language texts from the origin of the written language to the present.

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Letter from the Editors

Andrew Quintman, Kurtis R. Schaeffer

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Praise, Shame, Patronage, and Genre-Blurring: Revisiting Two Vajra Songs of Lama Zhang Tsalpa

Carl Yamamoto

5-43

This paper looks at two gur, or “vajra songs,” of the controversial twelfth-century yogin, sorcerer, tantric adept, literary innovator, statesman, and m... More

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Capturing the Quotidian in the Everyday Renunciation of Buddhist Nuns in Tibet

Somtso Bhum, Holly Gayley

45-72

In the novella “Lonely Soul” (ཁེར་རྐྱང་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས།), Tsedrön Kyi (ཚེ་སྒྲོན་སྐྱིད?... More

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Notes on Shelkar Lingpa’s “Song of Lhasa Memories”

Andrew Quintman, Kurtis R. Schaeffer

73-83

Few compositions of the early twentieth century hold a place as dear to the hearts of Tibetan readers as the “Song of Lhasa Memories.” This ornate poem,... More

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Research

Research articles on the history, form, content, and social dimensions of Tibetan-language literature.

Translation

Translations of poetry and prose spanning the full scope of Tibetan literary history.

Criticism

Essays on current issues in the study, appreciation, and analysis of Tibetan-language literature.

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The Journal of Tibetan Literature encourages an exploration of the literary in Tibetan writing from a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives.

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