Epic & Argument in Sanskrit Literary History Edited by Sheldon Pollock

Contributor(s):

Pollock, Sheldon

Publication details: Delhi: Manohar Publishing 2010Description: 282pISBN:

9788173048654

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

891.2 EPI-

Summary: The essays on Sanskrit literary history, whichrange from the danastutui in the Rgveda(Romila Thapar) to thetransformation of literary theory in ninth-century Kashmir(SheldonPollock) to the practice of philology in seventeenth centuryVaranasi(Chirstopher Minkowski), reflect the wide range ofinterests of Professor Goldman himself, and the wide influence hehas exerted on the field. Eight of the essays(by such leadingscholars as Greg Bailey, John Brockington, James Fitzgerald, LuisGonzalez-Reimann, PHyllis Granoff, Alf Hiltebeitel, AdheeshSathaye, and Sally Sutherland Goldman), concentrate on the epicsand Puranas, and as an ensemble make for essential reading on thegenre of Sanskrit literature to which Goldman, as editor-in-chiefof the Ramayana Translation Project, has devoted the greater partof his career. The scholarly essays are book ended by the survey ofProfessor Goldman's scholarly contributions(Deven Patel) and alively personal reminiscence(Jeffery Moussaieff Masson)

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The essays on Sanskrit literary history, whichrange from the danastutui in the Rgveda(Romila Thapar) to thetransformation of literary theory in ninth-century Kashmir(SheldonPollock) to the practice of philology in seventeenth centuryVaranasi(Chirstopher Minkowski), reflect the wide range ofinterests of Professor Goldman himself, and the wide influence hehas exerted on the field. Eight of the essays(by such leadingscholars as Greg Bailey, John Brockington, James Fitzgerald, LuisGonzalez-Reimann, PHyllis Granoff, Alf Hiltebeitel, AdheeshSathaye, and Sally Sutherland Goldman), concentrate on the epicsand Puranas, and as an ensemble make for essential reading on thegenre of Sanskrit literature to which Goldman, as editor-in-chiefof the Ramayana Translation Project, has devoted the greater partof his career. The scholarly essays are book ended by the survey ofProfessor Goldman's scholarly contributions(Deven Patel) and alively personal reminiscence(Jeffery Moussaieff Masson)

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