ISBN:
9789004471658
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXIV, 330 Seiten
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Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library volume 51
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kapstein, Matthew T. The Many faces of King Gesar
DDC:
398.209515
Keywords:
Gesar / (Legendary character) / In literature
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Gesar
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Epic poetry, Tibetan / History and criticism
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Essays
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Literary criticism
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Festschriften
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Festschrift
Abstract:
"The Tibetan Gesar epic, considered "the world's longest poem," has been the object of countless retellings, translations, and academic studies in the two centuries since it was first introduced to European readers. In The Many Faces of Ling Gesar, its many aspects-historical, cultural, and literary-are surveyed for the first time in a single volume in English, addressed to both general readers and specialists. The original scholarship presented here, by international experts in Tibetan Studies, honours the contributions of Rolf A. Stein (1911-1999), whose studies of the Tibetan epic are the enduring standard in this field. Contributors are: Anne-Marie Blondeau, Chopa Dondrup, Estelle Dryland, Solomon George FitzHerbert, Gregory Forgues, Frances Garrett, Frantz Grenet, Lama Jabb, Matthew W. King, Norbu Wangdan, Siddiq Wahid, Wang Guoming, Yang Enhong"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 297-321
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