Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two Languages
by A. K. Ramanujan
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Collection of the oral tales compiled from a vast array of sources and translated from twenty-two languages of the country.Tags
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This is an excellent collection. The tales are arranged so that each section is varied and easy to read. The notes in the back will help those with more academic interest in the tales.
This collection of 110 tales is translated from 22 different languages. Augmented by a definitive introduction and notes, this is an indispensable guide to India's ageless folklore radition.
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A. K. Ramanujan taught at the University of Chicago and at various other institutions for forty years.
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- Canonical title
- Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two Languages
- Original publication date
- 1994
- Important places
- India
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 398.20954 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography Asian folktales Folklore from the Indian subcontinent
- LCC
- GR305 .F648 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Folklore Folklore By region or country
- BISAC
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- 447
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.20)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 5
