An Anthology of Writings on the Ganga: Goddess and River in History, Culture, and Society

by Assa Doron, Barbara Nelson, Richard Barz

The Ganga--along with the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Yangtze and the Danube--is one of the great rivers of our planet. Perceiving the Ganga from three levels--material, spiritual, and divine--this anthology reflects on the dialogue and tension between the modern and the traditional, the historic and the mythical, the epic and the everyday, the factual and the fictitious.

From Robert P. Goldman's translations from the Ramayana, J.A.B...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198089643
• ISBN13: 9780198089643
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.