Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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... Shakuntalā . So as not to neglect the aural aspects of the production , it would be beneficial for the reader also to turn to recordings of Indian music , since music has ... Shakuntala in the light of this function , we reach 124 SHAKUNTALĀ.
... Shakuntalā . So as not to neglect the aural aspects of the production , it would be beneficial for the reader also to turn to recordings of Indian music , since music has ... Shakuntala in the light of this function , we reach 124 SHAKUNTALĀ.
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... Shakuntalā from his memory . Further , in Kālidāsa's play Shakuntalā appears before her husband , the king , before the delivery of their son , thus heightening the poignancy of Shakunta- la's dilemma and the king's failure to recognize ...
... Shakuntalā from his memory . Further , in Kālidāsa's play Shakuntalā appears before her husband , the king , before the delivery of their son , thus heightening the poignancy of Shakunta- la's dilemma and the king's failure to recognize ...
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... Shakuntalā as developed by Kālidāsa is told in terms of love and the vicissitudes of life : joy and sorrow , love and rejection under the power of fate , and final emergence into a happiness and peace which is man's dream in life ...
... Shakuntalā as developed by Kālidāsa is told in terms of love and the vicissitudes of life : joy and sorrow , love and rejection under the power of fate , and final emergence into a happiness and peace which is man's dream in life ...
Contents
Opening Remarks by Jacques Barzun THE TEACHING OF | 3 |
Great BooksEast and West by Mark Van Doren | 7 |
Education in a Multicultural World by Thomas Berry 24 On Exploiting the Greek Analogy by Moses Hadas | 24 |
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