To Savor the Meaning: The Theology of Literary Emotions in Medieval Kashmir
To Savor the Meaning examines the overlap of literary theory and religious philosophy in Medieval Kashmir. It explores an influential chapter in South Asian intellectual history in which this overlap between aesthetics and religious ideas became particularly pronounced and looks at the debates over...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | South Asia Research Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Anandawardhana
/ Abhinavagupta 950-1020
/ Mahimabhaṭṭa ca. 11./12. Jh.
/ Poetics
/ Philosophy
/ Religion
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Ānandavardhana-active 9th century
B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | To Savor the Meaning examines the overlap of literary theory and religious philosophy in Medieval Kashmir. It explores an influential chapter in South Asian intellectual history in which this overlap between aesthetics and religious ideas became particularly pronounced and looks at the debates over how to understand literature through the lens of the wider network of religious assumptions and commitments in which they are embedded. cover -- Half title -- Series -- To Savor the Meaning -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Ānandavardhana and the Metaphysics of Literature -- 2. Abhinavagupta's Theology -- 3. Abhinavagupta's Literary Theory -- part II -- 4. Mahimabhaṭṭa on Literary Knowing -- 5. The Will of Objects -- 6. Mahimabhaṭṭa on Literary Being: The Pragmatic Use of Illusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0197544851 |