Deven Patel

Deven Patel

Contact Information

814 Williams Hall
215-898-7475
215-573-2138
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Associate Professor
Chair, Department of South Asia Studies; Undergraduate Chair in Comparative Literature


Research Interests:


Classical Indian literature and aesthetics, with a special focus on Sanskrit poetry and poetics; the regional cultures of South Asia; Indian philosophy; myth; critical theory and translation studies. Text to Tradition: The Naisadhiyacarita and Literary Community in South Asia (Columbia University Press, 2014).