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A Rasa Reader - Classical Indian Aesthetics (Paperback)
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A Rasa Reader - Classical Indian Aesthetics (Paperback)
Series: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought
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From the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian
intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of
emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of
art's formal structures and broader inquiries into the pleasure of
tragic tales. Rasa, or taste, was the word they chose to describe
art's aesthetics, and their passionate effort to pin down these
phenomena became its own remarkable act of creation. This book is
the first in any language to follow the evolution of rasa from its
origins in dramaturgical thought-a concept for the stage-to its
flourishing in literary thought-a concept for the page. A Rasa
Reader incorporates primary texts by every significant thinker on
classical Indian aesthetics, many never translated before. The
arrangement of the selections captures the intellectual dynamism
that has powered this debate for centuries. Headnotes explain the
meaning and significance of each text, a comprehensive introduction
summarizes major threads in intellectual-historical terms, and
critical endnotes and an extensive bibliography add further depth
to the selections. The Sanskrit theory of emotion in art is one of
the most sophisticated in the ancient world, a precursor of the
work being done today by critics and philosophers of aesthetics. A
Rasa Reader's conceptual detail, historical precision, and clarity
will appeal to any scholar interested in a full portrait of global
intellectual development. A Rasa Reader is the inaugural book in
the Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought series,
edited by Sheldon Pollock. These text-based books guide readers
through the most important forms of classical Indian thought, from
epistemology, rhetoric, and hermeneutics to astral science, yoga,
and medicine. Each volume provides fresh translations of key works,
headnotes to contextualize selections, a comprehensive analysis of
major lines of development within the discipline, and exegetical
and text-critical endnotes, as well as a bibliography. Designed for
comparativists and interested general readers, Historical
Sourcebooks is also a great resource for advanced scholars seeking
authoritative commentary on challenging works.
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