The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays And Poems - Couverture souple

Rajan, Chandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140445382 ISBN 13 : 9780140445381

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1991

Synopsis

This volume contains the work of one of the greatest poets and playwrights in classical Sanskrit literature. It includes the play "Sakuntala" and the long poem "Meghadutam" ("The Cloud Messenger") together with "Rtusamharam" ("The Gathering of the Seasons"), another poem.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Kalidasa is the major poet and dramatist of classical Sanskrit literature - a many-sided talent of extraordinary scope and exquisite language. His great poem, Meghadutam (The Cloud Messenger), tells of a divine being, punished for failing in his sacred duties with a years' separation from his beloved. A work of subtle emotional nuances, it is a haunting depiction of longing and separation. The play Sakuntala describes the troubled love between a Lady of Nature and King Duhsanta. This beautiful blend of romance and comedy, transports its audience into an enchanted world in which mortals mingle with gods. And Kalidasa's poem Rtusamharam (The Gathering of the Seasons) is an exuberant observation of the sheer variety of the natural world, as it teems with the energies of the great god Siva.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kalidasa is the greatest poet and playwright in classical Sanskrit literature and one of the greatest in world literature.Kâlidâsa probably lived and wrote at the close of the 1st millennium BC though his dates have not been conclusively established.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140445382
• ISBN 13: 9780140445381
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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