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Sakuntala : Texts, Readings, Histories
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thapar, Romila.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kālidāsa. Śakuntalā.
- Kālidāsa.
- Indic drama--History and criticism.
- Kalidasa.
- Ka ̄lida ̄sa. S ́akuntala ̄.
- Sakuntala (Hindu mythology).
- Sakuntala (Hindu mythology) in literature.
- S ́akuntala ̄ (Hindu mythology) in literature.
- S ́akuntala ̄ (Hindu mythology).
- âSakuntalåa (Hindu mythology).
- âSakuntalåa (Hindu mythology) in literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Indic drama--History and criticism.
- Kalidasa.
- Ka ̄lida ̄sa. S ́akuntala ̄.
- Sakuntala (Hindu mythology).
- Sakuntala (Hindu mythology) in literature.
- S ́akuntala ̄ (Hindu mythology) in literature.
- S ́akuntala ̄ (Hindu mythology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that came to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts,
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1. Preliminaries; 2. THe Narrative form the Mahabharata; 3. The Abhijnana-sakuntalam of Kalidasa; Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection By Kalidasa; 4. Popular and high culture as historical parallels; 5. Adaptations: Another popular tradition and its role in another court; 6. Translations: Orientalism, German romanticism and the image of Sakunstala; 7. Traslation: colonial views; 8. Sakuntala from the perspective of the middle-class nationalism; 9. Conclusion; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613136060
- 9781283136068
- 1283136066
- 9780231527026
- 0231527020
- OCLC:
- 818854307
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