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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Emily T. Hudson (Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature, Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature, Boston University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780199860760ISBN 10: 0199860769 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 31 January 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata Chapter One: The Implicit Literary Theory of the Mahabharata Chapter Two: Dharma and Rupture in the Game of Dice Chapter Three: The Eyesight of Insight: Dhrtarastra and Moral Blindness Chapter Four: Time that Ripens and Rots All Creatures Chapter Five: Heaven's Riddles or the Hell Trick: Theodicy and Narrative Strategies Conclusion: Dharma and Suffering Appendix: Glossary of CharactersReviewsThe book is a stimulating combination of close attention to textual detail and reflection on the reading process. By bringing literary theory into contact with Mahabharata studies it does welcome wonders for both; it is original and will be influential...The tone is passionate yet restrained; the argument is engaging and direct...The project is clearly an important one both for the author and for the field of Mahabharata studies. --Simon Brodbeck, author of The Mahabharata Patriline: Gender, Culture, and the Royal Hereditary This is a very rich book in many respects and provides an approach to the study of the MBh and its individual characters that could profitably be taken up by others. ... this book is very well worth reading and its central thesis about the dissonance created by the disconnect between dharma and duhkha offers new lines of research into both great Sanskrit epics. * Greg Bailey, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies * <br> The book is a stimulating combination of close attention to textual detail and reflection on the reading process. By bringing literary theory into contact with Mahabharata studies it does welcome wonders for both; it is original and will be influential...The tone is passionate yet restrained; the argument is engaging and direct...The project is clearly an important one both for the author and for the field of Mahabharata studies. --Simon Brodbeck, author of The Mahabharata Patriline: Gender, Culture, and the Royal Hereditary<p><br> Author InformationBefore joining the Religion Department at Boston University in 2010, Emily Hudson taught at Harvard University as a lecturer in the history and literature program. Situating herself methodologically at the crossroads of religion and literature, the history of religions, and religious ethics, Hudson's teaching and research interests focus on South Asian literature and literary theory and comparative religious ethics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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