Triumph of the Snake Goddess

Informationen zum Autor Kaiser Haq is Professor of English at the University of Dhaka. Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Klappentext The Triumph of the Snake Goddess, a prose translation by the scholar and poet Kaiser Haq, is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic in modern English. Haq¿s Prologue explores the oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions, and Wendy Doniger¿s Introduction examines the significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts. Zusammenfassung The Triumph of the Snake Goddess, a prose translation by the scholar and poet Kaiser Haq, is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic in modern English. Haq’s Prologue explores the oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions, and Wendy Doniger’s Introduction examines the significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wendy Doniger, Kaiser Haq, Haq Kaiser
• Con la collaborazione di: Doniger Wendy (Introduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780674365292
• ISBN: 978-0-674-36529-2
• Pagine: 368
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Fiabe, saghe, leggende; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; RELIGION / Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Hinduism, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies