Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasas AbhijñnaŚkuntalam

Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasas AbhijñnaŚkuntalam
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Download or read book Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasas AbhijñnaŚkuntalam written by Namrata Chaturvedi and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of ‘AbhijñānaŚākuntalam’ has to situate the contexts in ancient through medieval Indian literature and scholarship before it comes to the colonial and the contemporary. In epistemological privileging, this text has become either a Hindoo play in the colonial, Hindu drama in the Hindutva and a love story in the Western theoretical paradigms of scholarship. The essays in ‘Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasa’s ‘AbhijñānaŚākuntalam’ attempt to restore contexts, especially philosophical contexts, for reading this play.


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