Bardic Destinies: A Comparative Study of European Poetic and Indian Kavya-Itihasa Tradition (Critical Humanities Across Cultures)

By: Krishna R. Kanchith

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Synopsis: 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 the reception of works that have had a deep hold on the lives and sensibilities of people across time and cultures. The book grapples with three major concepts in the humanities—the literary, the philosophical/theological and the historical. It looks at Homer’s reception by Plato; Virgil’s reception by Christianity; the many responses that The Mahabharata has received over centuries and across cultures in India; and the reception of Kumaravyasa’s Kumaravyasabharata, among other works, and analyses the understanding of truth, time and history that influence the reading of these works in different times and cultural contexts. Part of the Critical Humanities across Cultures series, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of philosophy, literature, history, comparative literature, cultural studies and post-colonial studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781003801993
Related ISBNs:: 9781032066233, 9781003316046, 9781032326559
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/17/23
Copyrighted By:: Krishna Kanchith R, The right of Krishna Kanchith R to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Philosophy
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