Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories

This book attempts to explore some of the links between culture, history and gender, and between literature and history, through reading variant versions of the narrative of Sakuntala. The transformation of Sakuntala from an autonomous, assertive figure in the Mahabharata, to the quintessential submissive woman ion the Kalidasa version, is carefully examined by the author through a fascinating reading of texts and translations of the play in India and Europe.(Reprinted)