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The Shattered Thigh And Other Plays
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Author : Bhāsa
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2008
The Shattered Thigh And Other Plays written by Bhāsa and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Sanskrit drama categories.
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The Shattered Thigh Other Plays
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-01-16
The Shattered Thigh Other Plays written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-16 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A selection of the earliest existing plays by a major dramatist in classical Sanskrit Bhasa is one of the most celebrated names in classical Sanskrit literature. He lived and wrote about two thousand years ago. Though his dates have not been conclusively established, it is certain that Bhasa preceded Kalidasa, the great poet and dramatist of ancient PBI - India, who has praised Bhasa by name in one of his own plays. Bhasa's works were considered lost and it was only in the beginning of the twentieth century that some of his plays were recovered. Six of these, which form the present collection, are based on the Mahabharata, which provides a thematic unity to the plays. Bhasa's strengths were his skilful melding of dialogue, legend and dramatic action. The comparatively short and fast-paced plays in The Shattered Thigh are remarkable in their nearness to modern idiom despite their antiquity. Of the six plays in this collection four—The Middle One, The Envoy, The Message and Karna's Burden—are one-act plays evoking tragic and heroic emotions. Five Nights and The Shattered Thigh have three and two acts respectively. The latter is a tragedy in which the hero dies on stage, an innovation that is very unusual in Sanskrit drama.
How The Nagas Were Pleased By Harsha The Shattered Thighs By Bhasa
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Author : Harṣa
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2009-03
How The Nagas Were Pleased By Harsha The Shattered Thighs By Bhasa written by Harṣa and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03 with Literary Collections categories.
"Two plays that break the rules: both show the hero dying on stage, an inauspicious scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy. From widely different ideological and social backgrounds, each evokes intense emotion in an exploration of love and heroism, conflict and peace, idealism and pragmatic reconciliation. Each portrays the reconciliation of hate and retaliation in love and mercy." "King Harsha's play, composed in the seventh century, re-examines the Buddhist tale of a magician prince who makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a hostage snake (naga)." "Attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to Kali-dasa, The Shattered Thighs transforms a crucial episode of the Maha-bharata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Duryodhana's infamous character is here inverted, where he is depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene. An ignoble man dies a hero's death." --Book Jacket.
How The Nagas Were Pleased By Harsha The Shattered Thighs By Bhasa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2016-10-01
How The Nagas Were Pleased By Harsha The Shattered Thighs By Bhasa written by and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Two tragic plays that break the rules: both show the hero dying on stage, a scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy. King Harsha's play, composed in the seventh century, re-examines the Buddhist tale of a magician prince who makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a hostage snake (naga). The Shattered Thighs, attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kali·dasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Maha·bhárata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Duryódhana's character is inverted, depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene.
Indian Review Of Books
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Indian Review Of Books written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Books categories.
How The Nagas Were Pleased By Harsha The Shattered Thighs By Bhasa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-03-01
How The Nagas Were Pleased By Harsha The Shattered Thighs By Bhasa written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Two tragic plays that break the rules: both show the hero dying on stage, a scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy. King Harsha's play, composed in the seventh century, re-examines the Buddhist tale of a magician prince who makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a hostage snake (naga). The Shattered Thighs, attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kali·dasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Maha·bhárata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Duryódhana's character is inverted, depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene.
Theatres Of Independence
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Author : Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2009-11
Theatres Of Independence written by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11 with Drama categories.
Theatres of Independence is the first comprehensive study of drama, theatre, and urban performance in post-independence India. Combining theatre history with theoretical analysis and literary interpretation, Aparna Dharwadker examines the unprecedented conditions for writing and performance that the experience of new nationhood created in a dozen major Indian languages and offers detailed discussions of the major plays, playwrights, directors, dramatic genres, and theories of drama that have made the contemporary Indian stage a vital part of postcolonial and world theatre.The first part of Dharwadker's study deals with the new dramatic canon that emerged after 1950 and the variety of ways in which plays are written, produced, translated, circulated, and received in a multi-lingual national culture. The second part traces the formation of significant postcolonial dramatic genres from their origins in myth, history, folk narrative, sociopolitical experience, and the intertextual connections between Indian, European, British, and American drama. The book's ten appendixes collect extensive documentation of the work of leading playwrights and directors, as well as a record of the contemporary multilingual performance histories of major Indian, Western, and non-Western plays from all periods and genres. Treating drama and theatre as strategically interrelated activities, the study makes post-independence Indian theatre visible as a multifaceted critical subject to scholars of modern drama, comparative theatre, theatre history, and the new national and postcolonial literatures.
Accessions List South Asia
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Author : Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-07
Accessions List South Asia written by Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07 with South Asia categories.
Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.
The Book Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Book Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Books categories.
Legislative Documents Comprising The Department And Other Reports Made To The Senate And House Of Representatives Of Pennsylvania During The Session Of
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Author : Pennsylvania
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Legislative Documents Comprising The Department And Other Reports Made To The Senate And House Of Representatives Of Pennsylvania During The Session Of written by Pennsylvania and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Legislative journals categories.