A History of English Folktale Collections in India and Pakistan
Author : Mayahārula Isalāma
Publisher :
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Folklore
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Author : Mayahārula Isalāma
Publisher :
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Folklore
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Author : M. Islam
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Tales
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Author : Peter Claus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 29,99 MB
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000143538
With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
Author : Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1751 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1610692543
Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.
Author :
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,96 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788120802124
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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Author : Kirin Narayan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2002-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1576076814
A long-lost collection of Indian fairy tales transcribed by the daughter of the British governor of Bombay. In the cold months of 1865, young Mary Frere and her father, Bartle Frere, British governor of Bombay, set out in a caravan across the Deccan province of south central India. During their journey Mary transcribed 24 popular Hindu folktales told to her by her nursemaid. That collection of tales, which she published as Old Deccan Days, not only became the first Indian folklore collection in English, it established a new genre of writing about British India. These marvelously imaginative tales from the Indian oral tradition are peopled with beautiful, smart, outspoken women; restless, adventuresome men; gods who take on human form; and animals who know the secrets of human destinies. Evil magicians cast spells on humans, changing them to plants, and demonic, ogre-like Rakshases savor human flesh.
Author : Mazharul Islam
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 20,45 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Folklore
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1140 pages
File Size : 11,19 MB
Release : 1998
Category : English imprints
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Author : Bhabagrahi Misra
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Folklore
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