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... that there has been an “affective turn” of late in literary theory, philosophical aesthetics, social theory, and elsewhere, and here “rasa theory and its history may have some role to play” (p. 45). To give Pollock the last word, “it may even help us … better understand what it means to experience art and hence...

...Martha Ann Selby Rasa: Performing the Divine in India . By Susan L. Schwartz . New York : Columbia University Press , 2004 . xi , 118 pp. $59.50 (cloth);$25.50 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2006 2006 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U T H A S I A 447...

... concepts in Sanskrit literary theory, to see how these concepts stack up against Western literary criticism, and, finally, to prove that rasa theory provides a superior and universal critical "template" with which to discuss literature in general and poetry in particular. This is a rich volume...

.... Cooper is very critical of such studies because they focus mainly on the Western influences on Ray, while they dismiss his Indian heritage in spite of unfounded references to Indian spiritualism. In the first chapter, Cooper presents a detailed study of the Indian aesthetic principle of rasa and applies...

.... SANDRIA B. FREITAG University of California, Berkeley At Play with Krishna: Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan. by JOHN STRATTON HAWLEY. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981. xvi, 274 pp. Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $27.50 (cloth). The type of drama known as rasa Ilia seems to have...

... production of SV, emphasizes the role of rasa. She chose a highly stylized mode of representation with many mudrds and fixed poses (evident from the photographs); body painting and elaborate makeup; rasacoordinated colors in costuming (purple and orange for Udayana who embodies heroism; grey and magenta...

... on the mechanics of evocation; not on what poetry evokes, but on how it evokes. In the case of rasa, the evocation is produced by gestures, props, and settings as well as words; other theories are much more interested in exploring the relationship between hard linguistics and aesthetic production. Chari's lengthy...

... of his work. In the first and most compelling chapter, the author takes on the daunting task of placing Ray's early films of the 1950s, namely The Apu Trilogy and Jalsaghar ("The Music Room in the context of classical Indian theories of rasa ("mood With the rasa principles of camatkara ("wonder prathibha...

... hyperbolization" of the great director, rather than penetrating analyses of his work. In the first and most compelling chapter, the author takes on the daunting task of placing Ray's early films of the 1950s, namely The Apu Trilogy and Jalsaghar ("The Music Room in the context of classical Indian theories of rasa...

.... CYNTHIA ANN HUMES Claremont McKenna College Rasa: Performing the Divine in India. By SUSAN L. SCHWARTZ. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. xi, 118 pp. $59.50 (cloth); $22.50 (paper). A slim but provocative volume, Rasa is the third in a series of books published by Columbia University Press...

... and is directed toward poets. The theatrical interpretation {abhinaya) of lasyangas is taken up in chapter 22. The musical and vocal interpretation of lasyangas is taken up only in chapter 31 because it is the same for both. Lasyangas are crucial for a play's rasa (pp. 126-27, 283-301). (5) The sucdbhinaya, one...

... in the pilgrimage centers devoted to Krishna. They include detailed descriptions of the ritual processes by which images become meaningful for participants. These accounts of various aspects of devotion to Krishna all set out to demonstrate how the concept rasa (transcendental emotion), originally drawn from...

.... Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981. xvi, 274 pp. Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $27.50 (cloth). The type of drama known as rasa Ilia seems to have evolved in the sixteenth century when Vaishnava saints and their followers began to transform Braj, the area around Mathura and Brindavan...

... first, to see whether or not it would offend Caitanya's ears. He judged that this one would, and for an interesting reason. Svarūpa said that the drama developed only “seeming rasa:” because it had a basic theological flaw, neither ornaments nor images could possibly be good. And the flaw...

... chapter, Cooper presents a detailed study of the Indian aesthetic principle of rasa and applies it to Ray's first four films, the Apu Trilogy and Jalsagbar. The arguments are of interest, but the three rasa principles of wonder, constancy of character, and constancy of gesture can be applied to many films...

... Laksmana with his Shakti weapon, he reminds him again of his heinous act: W]e meet on this eld of war, lowly human (pp. 194 95). The last canto ( Funeral Rites ) evokes the karuna rasa, depicting the cremation of Meghanada, and Pramila, his wife, becoming a sati on her husband s pyre another chaste act...

... are articulated and explored. Gerow's exposition of Sanskrit dramatic theory is brief and brilliant. This concise essay is a refinement of all his writings on the rasa poetic in relation to the drama and, in my opinion, the most accessible to the uninitiated reader. The insights regarding the nature of rasa...

... in scholastic India's old science of dissecting and subdividing and cataloging the emotional elements in literature will find chapters that test their power of attention. Those who follow Wulff s explanation of the rasas patiently, however, will come to understand that deep-rooted religious attitudes...

... are articulated and explored. Gerow's exposition of Sanskrit dramatic theory is brief and brilliant. This concise essay is a refinement of all his writings on the rasa poetic in relation to the drama and, in my opinion, the most accessible to the uninitiated reader. The insights regarding the nature of rasa...

... the major critical concepts in Sanskrit literary theory, to see how these concepts stack up against Western literary criticism, and, finally, to prove that rasa theory provides a superior and universal critical "template" with which to discuss literature in general and poetry in particular. This is a rich...