Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories - Softcover
The importance of Sakuntala as personifying Indian womanhood in Indian literature and culture is undisputed. This book attempts to explore some of the links between culture, history, and gender and between literature and history, through reading variant versions of the narrative of Sakuntala.
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Romila Thapar has specialized in early Indian history and has written extensively on the many aspects of the past. Her best known books are, Asoka and the Decline of the Manuryas; From Lineage to State; Hisotyr an dBeyond; Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History; Early India; Somantha: the Many Voice of a History; and The Aryan. She has been a visiting professor at universities in Asia, Europe and the USA and is now Professor Emeritus in Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In 2008 she was awarded the Kluge Prize(the American Nobel) for Lifetime Achievement in the field of history.
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‘A virtuoso feat of historical and cultural analysis.’ Biblio
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- PublisherWomen Unlimited
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 818896560X
- ISBN 13 9788188965601
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. The importance of Sakuntala as personifying Indian womanhood in Indian literature and culture is undisputed. This book attempts to explore some of the links between culture, history and gender, and between literature and history, through reading variant versions of the narrative of Sakuntala. These include the stories in the Mahabharata, the play by Kalidasa, and the 18th-century katha in Braj. The transformation of Sakuntala from an autonomous assertive figure in the Mahabharata to the quintessential submissive woman in the Kalidasa version is carefully examined by the author through a fascinating reading of the texts and translations of the play in India and Europe. Seller Inventory # 127223
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