{"product_id":"an-alakra-reader-yigal-bronner-9780231219983","title":"An Ala\u0026#7749;k\u0026#257;ra Reader: Classical Indian Poetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eClassical Indian poetics prized the skillful use of \u003ci\u003ealaṅkāra\u003c\/i\u003es, or \"ornaments\"--literary figures of speech. Across more than a millennium, Sanskrit writers developed and elaborated an account of literary embellishment that is perhaps the world's most complex and long-standing theory of figuration. Yet it remains the least studied of India's major classical systems of thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Alaṅkāra Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking panoramic overview of this tradition, presenting extensive and accessible translations of key works that span its history, from the sixth century CE to the eighteenth. These texts vividly show how Indian theorists analyzed simile, metaphor, allegory, and dozens of other figures that are distinctive to their world. Yigal Bronner's commentary makes Sanskrit concepts of ornamentation approachable while placing them in historical context. He provides a new account of the history of Sanskrit poetics, showing how it underwent successive waves of theoretical revolutions and emerged as a prestigious field that attracted a variety of scholars in the early modern era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing many previously untranslated texts, \u003ci\u003eAn Alaṅkāra Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for the study of classical Indian thought, the intellectual history of South Asia, and comparative literature. It reveals the depth and nuance of Sanskrit's \"science of ornaments\" for anyone interested in poetic theory, figuration, and aesthetics across world traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yigal Bronner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231219989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231219983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Yigal Bronner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460205129983,"sku":"9780231219983","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a85e18b-51bf-4a45-aa81-0ce5ea5a2b94.jpg?v=1777413382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-alakra-reader-yigal-bronner-9780231219983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}