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Ramayana
William Buck
出版
University of California Press
, 1981
主題
Fiction / Literary
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Asian / General
Poetry / Epic
Science / Earth Sciences / Geography
ISBN
0520227034
9780520227033
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4Wzg6wFJ5xwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the
Ramayana
and
Mahabharata,
two Sanskrit verse epics written some 2,000 years ago.
In
Ramayana
(written by a poet known to us as Valmiki), William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama--with all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation, fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil--in a length and manner that will make the great Indian epics accessible to the contemporary reader.
The same is true for the
Mahabharata
--in its original Sanskrit, probably the longest Indian epic ever composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle, between the Kurus and Pandavas, for land. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck’s rendition [no other English version has] been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic."
Presented accessibly for the general reader without compromising the spirit and lyricism of the originals, William Buck’s
Ramayana
and
Mahabharata
capture the essence of the Indian cultural heritage.