Barbara Stoler Miller is professor of East-Asian studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of several books published by Columbia University Press, includingLove Song of the Dark Lord andThe Hermit and the Love Thief.

• Editor's Preface A Note on Sanskrit Pronunciation Introduction: Kalidasa's Dramatic Universe Kalidasa's World and His Plays Sanskrit Dramatic Theory and Kalidasa's Plays Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection Urvasi Won by Valor Malavika and Agnimitra Notes to the Introduction Notes to the Plays Selected Bibliography

Barbara Stoler Miller is professor of East-Asian studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of several books published by Columbia University Press, includingLove Song of the Dark Lord andThe Hermit and the Love Thief.

• Editor's Preface A Note on Sanskrit Pronunciation Introduction: Kalidasa's Dramatic Universe Kalidasa's World and His Plays Sanskrit Dramatic Theory and Kalidasa's Plays Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection Urvasi Won by Valor Malavika and Agnimitra Notes to the Introduction Notes to the Plays Selected Bibliography

Barbara Stoler Miller is professor of East-Asian studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of several books published by Columbia University Press, includingLove Song of the Dark Lord andThe Hermit and the Love Thief.

• Editor's Preface A Note on Sanskrit Pronunciation Introduction: Kalidasa's Dramatic Universe Kalidasa's World and His Plays Sanskrit Dramatic Theory and Kalidasa's Plays Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection Urvasi Won by Valor Malavika and Agnimitra Notes to the Introduction Notes to the Plays Selected Bibliography