Bardic Destinies

ISBN-13: 9781032066233 / Twarda / 2023 / 160 str.

Krishna R. Kanchith

Opis

This volume critically explores the cultural significance and fate of ‘the literary’ in the European and the Indian traditions as it traces the history of reception of works which have a deep hold on the lives and sensibilities of people across these cultures over a long period of time.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements x

Introduction: Sustaining Poetic Truth Across Cultures 1

1 From Rapture to Reason: The Literary as a Site of Truth From Homer to Hegel and Beyond 14

2 Kavya, Karma and Ananda: The Heterogeneity of Literary Ends in India 46

3 In Retrospect: Learning From Itihasa and History 77

4 Kavya-Itihasa of Kumaravyasa and the Many Lives of the Mahabharata 115

5 In-Conclusion: Listening for Literary Intimations Across Cultures 145

Index 156

O autorze

Krishna Kanchith R is Assistant Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India.