Jaya: Performance in Epic Mahābhārata

by Kevin McGrath

Jaya is a study of how the four poets of the Indian epic Mahābhārata fuse their separate performances of the poem into a single and seamless work of art. The book examines in detail the different mnemonic forms engaged by this verbal activity focusing primarily on the distinction between what is seen and what is heard, as the poets stage and dramatize the four dimensions of their heroic song within one timely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674062469
• ISBN13: 9780674062467
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Ilex Foundation
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"