A Carnival Of Parting: The Tales Of King Bharthari And King Gopi Chand As Sung And Told By Madhu Natisar Nath Of Ghatiyali, Rajasthan
by Ann Grodzins Gold
Author : Ann Grodzins Gold
Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd
Language : English
ISBN : 9788121506229
Item Code : MRML001
Pages : 388
Weight : 480 GM
Dimensions : 23 X 15 CM
Edition : 1993
Binding : HARDCOVER
Delivery 2 days
| Madhu Natisar Nath is a farmer with no formal schooling. Here is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. At the center of present work are Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal. Both characters, while still in their prime, leave thrones and families to be initiated as yogis-a process rich in adventure and melodrama, one that offers unique insights into popular Hinduism's view of world renunciation. Authoress presents these living oral epic traditions as flowing narratives, transmitting to Western readers the interactive dimensions, the moods, and the pleasures of a village bard's performance. Three introductory chapters and an interpretive afterword, together with an appendix on the bard's language by David Magier, supply the work with a richly detailed ethnographic, historical and cultural backdrop. Authoress gives a frank and engaging portrayal of the bard Madhu Nath and her work with him. She examines the Nath caste and their oral epic traditions as an important stream within North Indian Hinduism, showing how Madhu Nath's versions of Bharthari's and Gopi Chand's well-known tales surface as distinctive moments within complex legendary and historical currents. While embellished with miraculous displays of magical powers and evocative of profound spiritual dedication, the tales translated here are most profoundly concerned, authoress argues with human rather than divine realities. In a compelling afterword, she highlights the thematic emphases on politics, love, and death. Although both narratives frequently invoke as ultimate authority the causal black hole of fate, they in no way acquiesce to fatalism. Madhu Nath's vital colloquial telling of Bharthari's and Gopi Chand's stories depict renunciation as inevitable and interpersonal attachments as doomed, yet celebrates human existence as a "carnival of parting." |
Delivery & returns
We deliver to over 100 countries around the world. For full details of the delivery options we offer, please view our Delivery information
We hope you’ll love every purchase, but if you ever need to return an item you can do so within a month of receipt. For full details of how to make a return, please view our Returns information
Reviews (2)
Samanta J.
6 days agoGood, perfect size
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ducimus cum dolores assumenda asperiores facilis porro reprehenderit animi culpa atque blanditiis commodi perspiciatis doloremque, possimus, explicabo, autem fugit beatae quae voluptas!
John Doe
5 days agoVery good
Sed, molestias, tempore? Ex dolor esse iure hic veniam laborum blanditiis laudantium iste amet. Cum non voluptate eos enim, ab cumque nam, modi, quas iure illum repellendus, blanditiis perspiciatis beatae!
Related Products
