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Rama's last act /

0814767338

9780814767337

b799303

Rama's last act /

[Book]

by Bhavabhūti ; translated by Sheldon Pollock.

1st ed.

New York :

JJC Foundation,

2007.

451 pages ;

17 cm.

The Clay Sanskrit library

Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-442) and index.

Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Sanskrit alphabetical order 4 -- CSL conventions 4 -- Compounds 7 -- Rama¿s Last Act 7 -- Preface 7 -- Introduction 9 -- Prelude to Act I: Prologue 28 -- Act I: At the painting exhibition 32 -- Prelude to Act II 56 -- Act II: The Entrance into P´anchavat´i 65 -- Prelude to Act III 75 -- Act III: The Shadow 80 -- Prelude to Act IV 106 -- Act IV: The Meeting of Kaus´alya and J´anaka 110 -- Act V: The Young Man¿s Valor 129 -- Prelude to Act VI 144 -- Act VI: The Recognition of the Young Men 149 -- Act VII: Reunion 165 -- Paraphrase of Prakrit (ch»ay»a) 181 -- Notes 190 -- Index 210 -- Sandhi grid 213.

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"Here is a new Clay Sanskrit Library edition and translation of Bhava-bhuti's Rama's Last Act." "The play is counted among the greatest Sanskrit dramas. Rama's Last Act at once dramatizes Valmiki's troubling Ramayana and revises its most intractable episode, the hero's rejection of his beloved wife. Human agency in the face of destiny, the power of love, and the capacity of art to make sense of such mysteries are the themes explored in this singular literary achievement of the Indian stage." "Bhava-bhuti transfigured epic models that are history for traditional readers. He may have been, the first not only to produce a reworking intended for theatrical performance, but more important, to attempt to tackle the most critical problem of the story, the abandonment of Sita, the moral valence of the act, and the precise degree of Rama's personal responsibility." "Bhava-bhuti's dominant concern is the reflexive appreciation of dramatic art itself and the place of art in making sense of lived experience, His literary practice of self-awareness perhaps constitutes the supreme achievement of Rama's Last Act."--BOOK JACKET.

Uttararamacarita.

English & Sanskrit

Rāma

Vālmīki.

Rāma

18.64 ancient Indian languages and/or literature.

Rāma (Hindu deity), Drama.

Sanskrit drama, Translations into English.

Bhavabhūti,active 8th century.

Pollock, Sheldon I.

20201207114656.0

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