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Theatre and its other : Abhinavagupta on dance and dramatic acting

Title
Theatre and its other : Abhinavagupta on dance and dramatic acting / by Elisa Ganser.
Author
Ganser, Elisa
Publication
  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Bharata Muni
  • Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka
Description
xii, 413 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
"What is Dance? What is Theatre? What is the boundary between enacting a character and narrating a story? When does movement become tinted with meaning? And when does beauty shine alone as if with no object? These universal aesthetic questions find a theoretically vibrant and historically informed set of replies in the oeuvre of the eleventh-century Kashmirian author Abhinavagupta. The present book offers the first critical edition, translation, and study of a crucial and lesser known passage of his commentary on the Nāṭyaśāstra, the seminal work of Sanskrit dramaturgy. The nature of dramatic acting and the mimetic power of dance, emotions, and beauty all play a role in Abhinavagupta's thorough investigation of performance aesthetics, now presented to the modern reader"--
Series Statement
Gonda indological studies, 1382-3442 ; volume 23
Uniform Title
Gonda indological studies ; 23.
Alternative Title
Abhinavagupta on dance and dramatic acting
Subject
  • Bharata Muni
  • Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka
  • Nāṭyaśāstra (Bharata Muni)
  • Sanskrit drama > History and criticism
  • Theater > India
  • Aesthetics, Indic
  • Sanskrit drama
  • Theater
  • India
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-405) and index.
Language (note)
  • English and Sanskrit.
Call Number
*MGS (Hindu) 22-1014
ISBN
  • 9789004449817
  • 9004449817
LCCN
2021029803
OCLC
1246623563
Author
Ganser, Elisa, author.
Title
Theatre and its other : Abhinavagupta on dance and dramatic acting / by Elisa Ganser.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Gonda indological studies, 1382-3442 ; volume 23
Gonda indological studies ; 23.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-405) and index.
Language
English and Sanskrit.
Added Author
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstra.
Bharata Muni. Nāṭyaśāstra. English.
Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka. Abhinavabhāratī.
Abhinavagupta, Rājānaka. Abhinavabhāratī. English.
Other Form:
Online version: Ganser, Elisa. Theatre and its other Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021 9789004467057 (DLC) 2021029804
Research Call Number
*MGS (Hindu) 22-1014
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