Raja Yudhisthira Kingship in Epic Mahabharata

In Raja Yudhisthira, Kevin McGrath brings his comprehensive literary, ethnographic, and analytical knowledge of the epic Mahabharata to bear on the representation of kingship in the poem. He shows how the preliterate Great Bharata song depicts both archaic and classical models of kingly and premonet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McGrath, Kevin, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2017]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Myth and poetics ; 2.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword / Nagy, Gregory
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Beginnings
  • 2. Kingship
  • 3. Ideals of Kingship
  • 4. The End
  • Appendix on Epic Time
  • Appendix on Epic Preliteracy
  • Bibliography
  • Index