A Celebration Of Love- The Romantic Heroine In The
Harsha V. Dehejia
The "romantic heroine in the Indian tradition is celebrated in prose, poetry, painting, dance and music. This volume examines these various aspects of her romantic emotion, its depiction in the paintings of the Rajput courts and other schools of art, and above all, investigates the central position she occupies in the Vaishnava tradition. Each scholar contributes an essay with appropriate images from institutional and private collections
Harsha V. Dehejia, who has a double doctorate, one in medicine and the other in ancient Indian culture, both from the University of Mumbai, India, has a deep and abiding interest in Indian aesthetics, and particularly in the artistic expression of the romantic emotion. He is a practising physician, and Professor of Religion at Carleton University. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.