History of Sanskrit Poetics
Title | History of Sanskrit Poetics PDF eBook |
Author | Pandurang Vaman Kane |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9788120802742 |
This book has inspired many scholars to study the numerous works on Alankara, to produce papers dealing with several aspects of Alankarasastra and to publish several important texts. The author has made substantial additions and changes in this edition and has included valuable new material.The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains an account of the important works on Alankarasastra, a brief analysis of their contents and the chronology of writers on Alankarasastra and other kindred matters. The second part comprises a review of subjects that fall under the purview of Alankarasastra. The author has attempted to show how from very small beginnings various theories of Poetics and Literary Criticism were evolved, to dilate upon the different aspects of an elaborate theory of Poetics and trace the history of literary theories in India.
History of Sanskrit Poetics
Title | History of Sanskrit Poetics PDF eBook |
Author | Sushil Kumar De |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Poetics |
ISBN |
A History of Sanskrit Literature
Title | A History of Sanskrit Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Berriedale Keith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 750 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Sanskrit literature |
ISBN |
Extreme Poetry
Title | Extreme Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Yigal Bronner |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0231151608 |
Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark of a major literary movement in South Asia. Authors invented a special language to depict both the apparent and hidden sides of disguised or dual characters, and then used it to narrate India's major epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, simultaneously. Originally produced in Sanskrit, these dual narratives eventually worked their way into regional languages, especially Telugu and Tamil, and other artistic media, such as sculpture. Scholars have long dismissed simultaneous narration as a mere curiosity, if not a sign of cultural decline in medieval India. Yet Yigal Bronner's Extreme Poetry effectively negates this position, proving that, far from being a meaningless pastime, this intricate, "bitextual" technique both transcended and reinvented Sanskrit literary expression. The poems of simultaneous narration teased and estranged existing convention and showcased the interrelations between the tradition's foundational texts. By focusing on these achievements and their reverberations through time, Bronner rewrites the history of Sanskrit literature and its aesthetic goals. He also expands on contemporary theories of intertextuality, which have been largely confined to Western texts and practices.
Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics
Title | Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics PDF eBook |
Author | Sushil Kumar De |
Publisher | |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Poetics |
ISBN |
Indian Poetics
Title | Indian Poetics PDF eBook |
Author | Ganesh Tryambak Deshpande |
Publisher | Popular Prakashan |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Literature |
ISBN | 9788179912850 |
Sanskrit Poetry, from Vidyākara's Treasury
Title | Sanskrit Poetry, from Vidyākara's Treasury PDF eBook |
Author | Vidyākara |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780674788657 |
In this rich collection of Sanskrit verse, the late Daniel Ingalls provides English readers with a wide variety of poetry from the vast anthology of an eleventh-century Buddhist scholar. Although the style of poetry presented here originated in royal courts, Ingalls shows how it was adapted to all aspects of life, and came to address issues as diverse as love, sex, heroes, nature, and peace. More than thirty years after its original publication, Sanskrit Poetry continues to be the main resource for all interested in this multifaceted and elegant tradition.