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The Modernity of Sanskrit /
Sanskrit texts have usually been discussed either within the frames of anthropology and religious studies or with a veneration that has substituted for analysis. Going beyond such approaches, Simona Sawhney argues that only a literary approach that resists the closure of interpretation can reveal th...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sawhney, Simona. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Modernity of Sanskrit / |c Simona Sawhney. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Smara: The Memory/Love of Kalidasa; 2. Literary Modernity and Sanskrit Poetry: The Work of Mohan Rakesh; 3. Allegory and Violence: Gandhi's Reading of the Bhagavad Gita; 4. The Lure of Violence: Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug: (The Blind Age); 5. Poetry beyond Art; Epilogue: Poetry and Justice; Notes; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Sanskrit texts have usually been discussed either within the frames of anthropology and religious studies or with a veneration that has substituted for analysis. Going beyond such approaches, Simona Sawhney argues that only a literary approach that resists the closure of interpretation can reveal the fragility, ambivalence, and tension that mark the canonical texts. Today we witness, Sawhney contends, the near-total appropriation of Sanskrit literature by Hindu nationalism. The Modernity of Sanskrit challenges this appropriation by exploring the complex work of Rabindranath Tagore, M.K. Gandh. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a LITERARY CRITICISM |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a TRAVEL |x Special Interest |x Literary. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Litterature hindi |x Influence sanscrite. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Litterature sanscrite |x Histoire et critique. | |
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