The History Of Indian Literature
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
25.04.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
404
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/2.4 cm
Gewicht
568 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5360-932-0
Step into the long, resonant mind of India, from the earliest hymns to the great narrative cycles. A whole civilisation speaks here. In The History Of Indian Literature, Albrecht Weber offers a brisk, authoritative literary history survey that still reads with the excitement of discovery. It is a sanskrit literature overview rooted in close reading and linguistic insight: vedic hymn traditions, the shaping of classical poetry and drama, and the vast world of indian epics and puranas. Written in the spirit of colonial-era oriental studies yet alert to the living texture of texts, Weber maps genres, schools, and turning points with a scholar's narrative clarity. Long valued as a classic indology text, this work sits alongside the great nineteenth-century syntheses associated with max muller indology and the rise of comparative philology studies. Its perspective helps modern readers see how European scholarship first organised, translated, and debated ancient india literary culture, making it both a historical document and a practical guide. Students will recognise why it remains reliable university course reading; researchers will appreciate it as a steady research reference edition, and general readers will find a well-lit path into unfamiliar names and traditions. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A true academic literature textbook for the bookshelf, and a handsome addition for classic-literature collectors. For every shelf that prizes learning and provenance.
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