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Description:With a panoramic overview of South Asian classical literature, this book identifies critical moments of breakthrough and innovation in Sanskrit literature--moments when the basic rules of composition and the aesthetic and poetic goals underwent dramatic change. It contests the still prevalent notion that Sanskrit poetry was impervious to change and that it underwent decline after a supposed acme in the period of Kālidāsa. The essays in this volume focus on extended moments of brilliant innovations with in the kāvya tradition, including the new poetic models put in place by Bhāravi and Māgha, the revolutionary period in Kanauj linked to Bāṇa, his predecessors and his great successors, and the transformative work of poets of genius such as Bilhaṇa, Śrīharṣa, Rājaśekhara, and Murāri. It also examines the origins of kāvya and the creative experiments with its forms and practices in early modern Hindi and, beyond the subcontinent, in Java and Tibet.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Innovations and Turning Points: Toward a History of Kāvya Literature. To get started finding Innovations and Turning Points: Toward a History of Kāvya Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 805

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0199453551

Description: With a panoramic overview of South Asian classical literature, this book identifies critical moments of breakthrough and innovation in Sanskrit literature--moments when the basic rules of composition and the aesthetic and poetic goals underwent dramatic change. It contests the still prevalent notion that Sanskrit poetry was impervious to change and that it underwent decline after a supposed acme in the period of Kālidāsa. The essays in this volume focus on extended moments of brilliant innovations with in the kāvya tradition, including the new poetic models put in place by Bhāravi and Māgha, the revolutionary period in Kanauj linked to Bāṇa, his predecessors and his great successors, and the transformative work of poets of genius such as Bilhaṇa, Śrīharṣa, Rājaśekhara, and Murāri. It also examines the origins of kāvya and the creative experiments with its forms and practices in early modern Hindi and, beyond the subcontinent, in Java and Tibet.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Innovations and Turning Points: Toward a History of Kāvya Literature. To get started finding Innovations and Turning Points: Toward a History of Kāvya Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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