Collected Plays Volume 1

by Girish Karnad

Book Overview

Th e troubled reign of a fourteenth-century sultan of Delhi helps dramatize
the crisis of secular nationhood in post-Independence India. A twelft hcentury
folktale about 'transposed heads' off ers a path-breaking model for
a quintessentially 'Indian' theatre in postcolonial times. The folktale about
a woman with a snake lover explores gender relations within marriage.
Individual human sexuality meets the historical debate on violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190127694
• ISBN13: 9780190127695
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"