Antologia de la Poesía Latinoamericana [Spanish]

This book examines the emplotment of India in the Western literary imagination. Basing her discussion on the reception of an emblematic Sanskrit text, Kalidasa's SAakuntala, Figueira studies how and why this text was distorted in translation, criticism, and adaptation, and isolates the linguistic errors and cultural distortions that can be grouped into trends and patterns. The unique situation of SAakuntala's reception affords the author the opportunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0873950771
• ISBN13: 9780873950770
• Release Date: June 1974
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 1244 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"