Bardic Destinies: A Comparative Study of European Poetic and Indian Kavya-Itihasa Tradition

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Krishna R. Kanchith

Bardic Destinies

A Comparative Study of European Poetic and Indian Kavya-Itihasa Tradition

Krishna R. Kanchith

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English

Routledge India
17 November 2023

linguistics; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Cultural studies

Series: Critical Humanities Across Cultures

This volume critically explores the cultural significance and fate of the “literary” in the European and the Indian traditions as it traces the history of the reception of works that have had a deep hold on the lives and sensibilities of people across time and cultures.

The book grapples with three major concepts in the humanities—the literary, the philosophical/theological and the historical. It looks at Homer’s reception by Plato; Virgil’s reception by Christianity; the many responses that The Mahabharata has received over centuries and across cultures in India; and the reception of Kumaravyasa’s Kumaravyasabharata, among other works, and analyses the understanding of truth, time and history that influence the reading of these works in different times and cultural contexts.

Part of the Critical Humanities across Cultures series, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of philosophy, literature, history, comparative literature, cultural studies and post-colonial studies.

By: Krishna R. Kanchith
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781032066233
ISBN 10: 1032066237
Series: Critical Humanities Across Cultures
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 17 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements x Introduction: Sustaining Poetic Truth Across Cultures 1 1 From Rapture to Reason: The Literary as a Site of Truth From Homer to Hegel and Beyond 14 2 Kavya, Karma and Ananda: The Heterogeneity of Literary Ends in India 46 3 In Retrospect: Learning From Itihasa and History 77 4 Kavya-Itihasa of Kumaravyasa and the Many Lives of the Mahabharata 115 5 In-Conclusion: Listening for Literary Intimations Across Cultures 145 Index 156

Krishna Kanchith R is Assistant Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India.