1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996390149903316

Titolo

A true discourse, vpon the matter of Martha Brossier of Romorantin [[electronic resource] ] : pretended to be possessed by a deuill. Translated out of French into English, by Abraham Hartvvel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imprinted by [F. Kingston for] Iohn Wolfe, 1599

Descrizione fisica

[8], 39, [1] p

Altri autori (Persone)

HartwellAbraham <b. 1553.>

Soggetti

Witchcraft

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Variously attributed to Michel Marescot, Simon Pietre and Le Bouthillier--MIU.

A translation by Abraham Hartwell of: Discours veritable sur le faicte de Marthe Brossier.

French dedication signed: Phisitians of Paris--STC.

Actual printer's name from STC.

Reproduction of the original in Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge). Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0048



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780974103321

Autore

Sawhney Simona

Titolo

The modernity of Sanskrit / / Simona Sawhney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-8166-6636-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 213 pages)

Disciplina

891/.2

Soggetti

Sanskrit literature - History and criticism

Hindi literature - Sanskrit influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Smara: The Memory/Love of Kalidasa; 2. Literary Modernity and Sanskrit Poetry: The Work of Mohan Rakesh; 3. Allegory and Violence: Gandhi's Reading of the Bhagavad Gita; 4. The Lure of Violence: Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug: (The Blind Age); 5. Poetry beyond Art; Epilogue: Poetry and Justice; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sanskrit texts have usually been discussed either within the frames of anthropology and religious studies or with a veneration that has substituted for analysis. Going beyond such approaches, Simona Sawhney argues that only a literary approach that resists the closure of interpretation can reveal the fragility, ambivalence, and tension that mark the canonical texts. Today we witness, Sawhney contends, the near-total appropriation of Sanskrit literature by Hindu nationalism. The Modernity of Sanskrit challenges this appropriation by exploring the complex work of Rabindranath Tagore, M. K. Gandh