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  • IN DIALOGUE WITH THE MAHĀBHĀRATA
    BRIAN BLACK
    The Mahābhārata has been explored extensively as a work of mythology, epic poetry, and religious literature, but the text’s philosophical dimensions have largely been under-appreciated by Western scholars. This book explores the philosophical implications of the Mahābhārata by paying attention to the centrality of dialogue, both as the text’s prevailing literary expression and ...

    $1,240.00

  • DIALOGUE IN EARLY SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS
    BRIAN BLACK
    Dialogue between characters is an important feature of South Asian religious literature: entire narratives are often presented as a dialogue between two or more individuals, or the narrative or discourse is presented as a series of embedded conversations from different times and places. Including some of the most established scholars of South Asian religious texts, this book ex...

    $1,140.00

  • GENDER AND NARRATIVE IN THE MAHABHARATA
    BRODBECK, SIMON / BLACK, BRIAN
    The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the most important texts to emerge from the Indian cultural tradition. At almost 75,000 verses it is the longest poem in the world, and throughout Indian history it has been hugely influential in shaping gender and social norms. In the context of ancient India, it is the definitive cultural narrative in the construction of masculine, feminine ...

    $1,560.00

  • PETROLIA
    BRIAN BLACK
    Winner of the Paul H. Giddens Prize in Oil History from Oil Heritage Region, Inc.In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following t...

    $229.00