An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics: History, Theory, and Theoreticians - Hardcover

Chandran, Mini; V.S., Sreenath

 
9789389165128: An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics: History, Theory, and Theoreticians
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9389165121 ISBN 13: 9789389165128
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic India, 2021

Synopsis

The thinkers and philosophers of ancient India contemplated intensively and extensively about all aspects related to life, and art was one of the major domains they touched upon. A profound and intense analysis of the art experience in literature naturally led to the evolution of one of the most sophisticated and long-standing poetic systems in the world.

An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics: History, Theory, and Theoreticians offers a comprehensive historical and conceptual overview of all the major schools in Sanskrit poetics-one of the most sophisticated and long-standing traditions of literary criticism in the ancient world. The book, despite its primary focus on the major exponents of each school, also aims to give the reader a good idea as to how these concepts were treated before and after their major practitioners. An important part of Sanskrit poetics that often intimidates a modern reader is its seemingly difficult terminology. This book particularly addresses this issue by using contemporary idioms for readers who have no background of Sanskrit. It also aims to draw points of comparison, wherever relevant, between certain concepts in Sanskrit poetics and their western counterparts.

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About the Authors

Mini Chandran is Professor in the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Her areas of interest are Indian literature and aesthetics, Translation Studies and Literary censorship

Sreenath V. S. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Bhopal. His areas of interest are Sanskrit literary theory and literature, Classical Malayalam Literature and the History of Ideas.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic India
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9389165121
ISBN 13 
9789389165128
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
230

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