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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: McGrath, Kevin, 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Collection:Myth and poetics II
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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