Kaul, Shonaleeka.

Imagining the urban : Sanskrit and the city in early India / Shonaleeka Kaul.

Ranikhet : Permanent Black, 2010.

xi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

The opus 1 series

" ... Kaul examines Sanskrit kāvyas over about a thousand years to see what India's early historic cities were like as living, lived-in, entities. She looks at ideologies, attitudes, institutions, and practices in ancient urban areas, showing the ways in which they often cohered into a worldview, a mentalité. This is also a book about Sanskrit literature. ... She takes forward the idea of a Sanskrit 'literary culture', arguing that genres influence methods of historical representation. Her book gives us a fresh view of the early city, showing distinctive urban ways of thought and behaviour which relate in complex ways to tradition, morality, and authority. In advocating Sanskrit kāvyas as an important historical source, it addresses not just ancient India specialists but also scholars of literary history ... By asking new questions about early Indian cities and ancient Indian texts, this book asks to be read by every scholar of history, urbanism, cityscapes, literary history, Sanskrit writings, and South Asian antiquity."--Jacket.

8178242788
9788178242781

Sanskrit poetry History and criticism.
Cities and towns in literature.
Poésie sanscrite Histoire et critique.
Manners and customs.
Sanskrit poetry.
India Social life and customs.
Inde Mœurs et coutumes.
India.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Permanent Black monographs. Opus 1 series.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 271022
Cote: BIB 203949
Statut: Disponible