In dialogue with the Mahābhārata
"This book offers the first extensive study of the dialogue form in the Mahābhārata. Despite its importance, the variety of uses and implications of dialogue in the Mahābhārata remain relatively unexplored, which leaves a significant gap in the understanding of this key work of Indian literatur...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Dialogues in South Asian tradition: religion, philosophy, literture and history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mahābhārata
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/ Dialogue
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| IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Dialogue in literature
B Mahābhārata Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | "This book offers the first extensive study of the dialogue form in the Mahābhārata. Despite its importance, the variety of uses and implications of dialogue in the Mahābhārata remain relatively unexplored, which leaves a significant gap in the understanding of this key work of Indian literature. Dialogue is a recurring and significant feature of Indian religious and philosophical literature generally, but nowhere is it explored more elaborately and more profoundly than in the Mahābhārata. The book, therefore, examines the details of some of the central dialogical encounters in the text, including, structural features; intra-textual relationships with other dialogues; implicit methods of reasoning; and potential avenues for a meaningful engagement with interlocutors beyond the text. This attention to the dialogue form not only brings out otherwise unexplored aspects of the text's teachings, but also highlights aspects of the Mahābhārata that will have particular relevance to modern readers. This is a fresh perspective on the Mahābhārata that will be of great interest to any scholar working in Religious Studies, Indian/South Asian religions, Comparative Philosophy, and World Literature"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 199-207 und Index |
| Physical Description: | xii, 215 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 0367436000 |