Dharamvir Bharati, Alok Bhalla

Andha Yug

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Produktbeschreibung

Andha Yug, one of the most significant plays of modern India, was written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent. A profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood, it focuses on the last day of the Mahabharata war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9780198065227
• ISBN-10: 0198065221
• Artikelnr.: 29425331

Autorenporträt

Dharamvir Bharati (1926-1997) was a renowned Hindi novelist, poet and playwright. He was also theeditor of Dharamyug, one the most important national Hindi weeklies published in India. Alok Bhalla is, at present, a Visiting Professor of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has published extensively on translation theory, literature, and politics.

Inhaltsangabe

* The moral dha Yug o Prefatory Note o A Note to the Directors o
Prologue o Act One: The Kaurava Kingdom o Act Two: The Making of a
Beast o Act Three: The Half-truth of Ashwatthama o Interlude:
Feathers, Wheels and Bandages o Act Four: Gandhari's Curse o Act
Five: Victory and a Series of Suicides o Epilogue: Death of the Lord