Rāja Yudhiṣṭhira : kingship in epic Mahābhārata /

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In Raja Yudhisthira, Kevin McGrath brings his comprehensive literary, ethnographic, and analytical knowledge of the epic Mahabharata to bear on the representation of kingship in the poem. He shows how the preliterate Great Bharata song depicts both archaic and classical models of kingly and premonet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGrath, Kevin, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Myth and poetics II
Subjects:
Mahābhārata > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Mahābhārata
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
Kings and rulers in literature.
Rois et souverains dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.
Kings and rulers in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword / Nagy, Gregory
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Beginnings
  • 2. Kingship
  • 3. Ideals of Kingship
  • 4. The End
  • Appendix on Epic Time
  • Appendix on Epic Preliteracy
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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