Arjunawiwāha - The Marriage of Arjuna of Mpu Kanwa

The Arjunawiwāha is one of the best known of the Old Javanese classics. This volume presents a new text, based on Balinese manuscripts, with a complete translation, building on the work done by earlier writers.

About the author

Stuart Robson, Associate Professor of Indonesian at Monash University from 1991 to 2001 and now retired, has been studying Old Javanese for more than forty years. He is interested in the problem of how to translate works of Old Javanese literature in such a way as to make these more accessible and better known to a wider audience of both scholars and general readers.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Robson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9789067183215
• ISBN: 978-90-6718-321-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 372 g
• Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore