UID:
almafu_9959239213102883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-253-11202-8
Content:
"[A] rare piece of scholarly detective work."--Margaret Mills, Ohio State University In Quest of Indian Folktales publishes for the first time a collection of northern Indian folktales from the late 19th century. Reputedly the work of William Crooke, a well-known folklorist and British colonial official, the tales were actually collected, selected, and translated by a certain Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube. In 1996, Sadhana Naithani discovered this unpublished collection in the archive of the Folklore Society
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke -- The golden manuscripts -- Crooke, Chaube, and colonial folkloristics, 1868-1914 -- Post-colonial conclusions -- Colors of life : tales 1 to 87 -- So wise some women are : tales 88 to 103 -- Magical mind : tales 104 to 125 -- Corrective measures : tales 126 to 158.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-34544-8
Language:
English
