Translating the Orient: The Reception of Sakuntala in Nineteenth Century Europe (SUNY Series in Hindu Studies) - Couverture souple

Figueira, Dorothy Matilda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791403289 ISBN 13 : 9780791403280

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book examines the emplotment of India in the Western literary imagination. Basing her discussion on the reception of an emblematic Sanskrit text, Kālidāsa's Śākuntala, Figueira studies how and why this text was distorted in translation, criticism, and adaptation, and isolates the linguistic errors and cultural distortions that can be grouped into trends and patterns. The unique situation of Śākuntala's reception affords the author the opportunity to look at the way Europeans projected their cultural needs upon India.

The author puts into perspective an entire social and intellectual history of Europe's encounter with Indian culture, an examination of its cultural and political consequences, and a philosophical inquiry into differences between Eastern and Western world views.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dorothy M. Figueira is Assistant Professor of Comparative Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791403289
• ISBN 13: 9780791403280
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible