The Plays of Kalidasa: Treading the Line between Constraint and Freedom.
The world of Kalidasa is defined by transgression at many levels. The possibilities of his dramatic world are vast and each level interacts with the other only because of the transgressive power of love and memory, and sometimes, even of forgetfulness. I argue that Kalidasa's plays transcend, rather...
| Publicado en: | Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language & Literature Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 4 - 22 |
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