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