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Rasa, or, Knowledge of the self : essays on Indian aesthetics and selected Sanskrit studies / René Daumal ; translated with an introduction by Louise Landes Levi.
Van Pelt Library BH221.I53 D38 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daumal, René, 1908-1944.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics, Indic.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 107 pages ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Rasa.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Directions, 1982.
- Summary:
- Rasa, is the first gathering in English translation of essays and review articles on Hindu aesthetics and translations from the Sanskrit by the French writer Rene Daumal (1908-44).
- Contents:
- To approach the Hindu poetic art
- On Indian music
- Concerning Uday Shankar
- The origin of the theatre of Bharata
- Oriental book reviews
- The hymn of man
- To the liquid
- Knowledge of the self
- Some Sanskrit texts on poetry.
- Notes:
- Essays selected and translated from the author's Les pouvoirs de la parole, L'Évidence absurde, Bharata, and Les contre-ciel.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0811208249
- OCLC:
- 8050601
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