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Beginning the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Frame Stories Paperback - 2011

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Author: Earl, Dr James W,
ISBN: 9780983447221

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Anyone wanting to read the Mahabharata in English will find no helpful guidance in print, and helpful guidance is definitely needed. The epic opens with a set of frame stories that the most recent translator calls "frankly confusing, even bewildering." Earl guides the reader through the opening 56 chapters, analyzing the epic's major themes and narrative strategies along the way. This is the way to begin one of world literature's greatest reading projects.

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Title Beginning the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Frame Stories
Author James W. Earl
Binding Paperback
Pages 132
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher South Asian Studies Association
Publication date 2011-11-21
Features Bibliography
ISBN 9780983447221 / 0983447225
Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
Dimensions 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.28 in (22.91 x 15.19 x 0.71 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
Library of Congress subjects Epic poetry, Sanskrit - History and criticism
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011944692

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