Vyāsa redux : narrative in epic Mahābhārata / Kevin McGrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrath, Kevin, 1951- author.

Series:

Anthem Studies in South Asian Literature, Aesthetics and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vyāsa.

Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mahābhārata.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press 2019.

Summary:

Vyāsa is the primary creative poet of the Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata and 'Vyāsa Redux' examines the many paradoxical dimensions of his narrative virtuosity in the poem where the poet is both the creator of the work and a character within it. The book also studies elements in the poem which have been received by the late Bronze Age poets who composed the figure of Vyāsa, elements that reflect kinship, polity and modes of mnemonic inspiration. Three paired concepts function within the poem’s narrative process: first, the central approach of the book is founded upon the distinction between plot and story, that is, the causal relation of events as opposed to the temporal relation of events. Second, much of the argument then engages with how this distinction relates to the difference between the preliterate and literate phases of our present text. Third, the nature of how inspiration functions and how edition operates becomes another vital component in our analytic process explaining how Vyāsa becomes a dramatic, causal and at times prophetic character in the poem’s narration as well as its originator.

Contents:

Overview

Traditions

Vyāsa

After Vyāsa

Closure

Homeric Odysseus.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).

ISBN:

9781785270741

1785270745

9781785270734

1785270737

OCLC:

1511484598