Bibliograph

Extreme poetry, the South Asian movement of simultaneous narration, Yigal Bronner

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Extreme poetry, the South Asian movement of simultaneous narration, Yigal Bronner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Extreme poetry

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

687689568

Responsibility statement

Yigal Bronner

Series statement

South Asia across the disciplines

Sub title

the South Asian movement of simultaneous narration

Summary

Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark of a major literary movement in South Asia. Authors invented a special language to depict both the apparent and hidden sides of disguised or dual characters, and then used it to narrate India's major epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, simultaneously. Originally produced in Sanskrit, these dual narratives eventually worked their way into regional languages, especially Telugu and Tamil, and other artistic media, such as sculptur

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