Mahabharata

Name: Mahabharata
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226252506
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Szerző: James L. Fitzgerald, James L. Fitzgerald

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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What is found in this epic may be elsewhere;What is not in this epic is nowhere else.--from "The Mah...

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Szerző

James L. Fitzgerald, James L. Fitzgerald

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2004

oldal

848

EAN

9780226252506

ISBN

0226252507

Enbook ID

04544762

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

1364

Méretek

167 x 244 x 51

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What is found in this epic may be elsewhere;What is not in this epic is nowhere else.--from "The Mahabharata" The second longest poem in world literature, "The Mahabharata" is an epic tale, replete with legends, romances, theology, and metaphysical doctrine written in Sanskrit. One of the foundational elements in Hindu culture, this great work consists of nearly 75,000 stanzas in eighteen books, and this volume marks the much anticipated resumption of its first complete modern English translation. With the first three volumes, the late J. A. B. van Buitenen had taken his translation up to the threshold of the great war that is central to the epic. Now James Fitzgerald resumes this work with translations of the books that chronicle the wars aftermath: "The Book of Women" and part one of "The Book of Peace." These books constitute volume 7 of the projected ten-volume edition. Volumes 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 of the series will be published over the next several years. In his introductions to these books, Fitzgerald examines the rhetoric of "The Mahabharata"s representations of the wars aftermath. Indeed, the theme of "The Book of Women" is the grief of the women left by warriors slain in battle. The book details the keening of palace ladies as they see their dead husbands and sons, and it culminates in a mass cremation where the womens tears turn into soothing libations that help wash the deaths away. Fitzgerald shows that the portrayal of the womens grief is much more than a sympathetic portrait of the sufferings of war. The scenes of mourning in "The Book of Women" lead into a crisis of conscience that is central to "The Book of Peace" and, Fitzgerald argues, the entire "Mahabharata." In this book, the man who has won power in the great war is torn between his own sense of guilt and remorse and the obligation to rule which ultimately he is persuaded to embrace. "The Mahabharata" is a powerful work that has inspired awe and wonder for centuries. With a penetrating glimpse into the trauma of war, this volume offers two of its most timely and unforgettable chapters.

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