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The Recognition of Sakuntala: A Play In Seven Acts
Kalidasa
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Paperback. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, their separation by a curse and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama its greatest poet and playwright. This new verse translation includes the famous version of the story from the Mahabharata and an introduction to classical Indian aesthetics and drama. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 194 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
KING Yes. I shall release you - SAKUNTALA When? KING When? When, like a bee, I kiss the bud of your unbruised lip And flood my thirsting mouth with nectar. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, a hermitage girl, their separation by a curse, and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone, in peformance The Recognition of Sakuntala aimed to produce an experience of aesthetic rapture in the audience, akin to certain types of mystical experience. The ... Read more
KING Yes. I shall release you - SAKUNTALA When? KING When? When, like a bee, I kiss the bud of your unbruised lip And flood my thirsting mouth with nectar. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, a hermitage girl, their separation by a curse, and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone, in peformance The Recognition of Sakuntala aimed to produce an experience of aesthetic rapture in the audience, akin to certain types of mystical experience. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540600
SKU
V9780199540600
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