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Title: Folktales of India
Author: Jawaharlal Beck, Brenda E. F.; Claus, Peter J.; Goswami, Praphulladatta; Handoo
ISBN: 9780226040837
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 389
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A fascinating, wide-ranging collection of folk stories from one of the world's oldest civilizations Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics--truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition.
Author: Jawaharlal Beck, Brenda E. F.; Claus, Peter J.; Goswami, Praphulladatta; Handoo
ISBN: 9780226040837
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 389
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A fascinating, wide-ranging collection of folk stories from one of the world's oldest civilizations Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics--truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition.
