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Bardic Destinies A Comparative Study of European Poetic and Indian Kavya-Itihasa Tradition
By Krishna R. Kanchith
Copyright 2024
174 Pages
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Routledge India
174 Pages
by
Routledge India
174 Pages
by
Routledge India
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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.... Read more
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
Biography
Krishna Kanchith R is Assistant Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India.
