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UNINA9910558095403321 |
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Autore |
Ganser Elisa |
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Titolo |
Theatre and Its Other : Abhinavagupta on Dance and Dramatic Acting |
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Boston : , : BRILL, , 2022 |
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©2022 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic resource (428 p.) |
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Collana |
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Gonda indological studies, , 1382-3442 ; ; 23 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Bharata Muni |
Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dance & other performing arts |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
India |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Nāṭyaśāstra and Abhinavabhāratī: Trends and Open Questions -- 1.1. Editorial History and Textual Reception -- 1.2. Archiving Performance: Texts and Images -- 1.3. The Nāṭyaśāstra and the Place of Dance -- 1.3.1. Composition, Authorship, and Date -- 1.3.2. Narrative Structure -- 1.3.3. The Tāṇḍavādhyāya -- 1.4. The Abhinavabhāratī: A Medieval Document on Performance -- 1.4.1. The Many Voices Recorded in the Chapter on Dance -- Part 1. Practice and Aesthetics of Indian Dance -- Chapter 2. Formalizing Dance, Codifying Performance -- 2.1. Nāṭya, nṛtta, and nṛtya between Movement and Mimesis -- 2.2. Dance as Technique: aṅgahāra, karaṇa, recaka -- 2.3. Between Gender and Genre: tāṇḍava, sukumāra, lāsya -- 2.3.1. Grace and Vehemence in the Nāṭyaśāstra -- 2.3.2. Grace and Vehemence in the Abhinavabhāratī -- 2.4. Expanding the Idea of nṛtta -- 2.5. Tradition, Creativity, and Artistry: A Śaiva Perspective -- Chapter 3. The Aesthetics of Dance -- 3.1. Dance within Theatre, Dance without Theatre -- 3.2. Enacting Emotions: A vademecum for the Actor -- 3.3. Communication without Words -- 3.3.1. Dramatic Mimesis vs Imitation -- 3.4. Dance, Beauty, and the Fabrication of Dramatic Fiction -- 3.4.1. On the Psychagogic Power of Dance -- 3.4.2. Like a Fire-Wheel: Dance and Fiction -- 3.5. |
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Reshaping the Idea of abhinaya in Dance -- Part 2. Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Abhinavabhāratī ad Nāṭyaśāstra 4.261cd-269ab -- Chapter 4. Introduction to the Edition -- 4.1. General Remarks on the Transmission of the Abhinavabhāratī -- 4.2. Genealogy of the Present Text: The Sources -- 4.2.1. Editions -- 4.2.1.1. The Baroda or Gaekwad Edition (= E1) -- 4.2.1.2. The Madhusudan Shastri Edition (= E2) -- 4.2.1.3. The Nagar Edition (= E3). |
4.2.1.4. The Dvivedi Edition (= E4) -- 4.2.2. Manuscripts -- 4.2.2.1. Manuscripts Containing the Fourth Chapter -- 4.2.2.2. Relationship between the Manuscripts -- 4.3. A Note on the Sanskrit Text and Translation -- 4.4. Symbols and Abbreviations in the Apparatus -- Analysis of ABh ad NŚ 4.261cd-269ab -- Edition and Translation: Abhinavabhāratī ad Nāṭyaśāstra 4.261cd-269ab -- Appendix: Hemacandra's Kāvyānuśāsana -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Theatre and Its Other, Elisa Ganser revisits a telling debate on the intertwined natures of dance and dramatic acting; preserved in Abhinavagupta’s eleventh-century commentary on the Nāṭyaśāstra, it reflects complex historical shifts in aesthetic theory and performance practice. ; Readership: All those interested in the history of Indian dance and theatre and in Abhinavagupta’s aesthetics, including scholars and students of Indology, performance, dance, and theatre studies, as well as performers. |
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