The afterlives of the Bhagavad Gita : readings in translation /
This volume stems from the understanding that historiographical analyses of the Gita's reception overlook the element of its translation. It begins with this recognition and posits translation as fundamental to any understanding of the Gita's reception. It examines in depth and compares ho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press.
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume stems from the understanding that historiographical analyses of the Gita's reception overlook the element of its translation. It begins with this recognition and posits translation as fundamental to any understanding of the Gita's reception. It examines in depth and compares how translations of the Gita do not seek the same aims in all places and at all times and recognises that translation theories and methodologies are not uniform across nations and eras. Therefore, this volume looks at insolites (unusual, strange) readings of the Gita and how they seek to fill the hermeneutical gap between readings tied to its canonical and scriptural status and those that are distant from the text's tradition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 378 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191986475 019198647X 9780198873495 0198873492 |