Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories

by Romila Thapar

Book Overview

The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection . In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231156545
• ISBN13: 9780231156547
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher