A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India
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A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India
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Author : A. K. Ramanujan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India written by A. K. Ramanujan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with categories.
This book of oral tales from the south Indian region of Kannada represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by A. K. Ramanujan, one of the most revered scholars and writers of his time. The result of over three decades' labor, this long-awaited collection makes available for the first time a wealth of folktales from a region that has not yet been adequately represented in world literature. Ramanujan's skill as a translator, his graceful writing style, and his profound love and understanding of the subject enrich the tales that he collected, translated, and interpreted. With a written literature recorded from about 800 A.D., Kannada is rich in mythology, devotional and secular poetry, and more recently novels and plays. Ramanujan, born in Mysore in 1929, had an intimate knowledge of the language. In the 1950s, when working as a college lecturer, he began collecting these tales from everyone he could—servants, aunts, schoolteachers, children, carpenters, tailors. In 1970 he began translating and interpreting the tales, a project that absorbed him for the next three decades. When Ramanujan died in 1993, the translations were complete and he had written notes for about half of the tales. With its unsentimental sympathies, its laughter, and its delightfully vivid sense of detail, the collection stands as a significant and moving monument to Ramanujan's memory as a scholar and writer. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.
A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India
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Author : A. K. Ramanujan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India written by A. K. Ramanujan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book of oral tales from the south Indian region of Kannada represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by A. K. Ramanujan, one of the most revered scholars and writers of his time. The result of over three decades' labor, this long-awaited collection makes available for the first time a wealth of folktales from a region that has not yet been adequately represented in world literature. Ramanujan's skill as a translator, his graceful writing style, and his profound love and understanding of the subject enrich the tales that he collected, translated, and interpreted. With a written literature recorded from about 800 A.D., Kannada is rich in mythology, devotional and secular poetry, and more recently novels and plays. Ramanujan, born in Mysore in 1929, had an intimate knowledge of the language. In the 1950s, when working as a college lecturer, he began collecting these tales from everyone he could--servants, aunts, schoolteachers, children, carpenters, tailors. In 1970 he began translating and interpreting the tales, a project that absorbed him for the next three decades. When Ramanujan died in 1993, the translations were complete and he had written notes for about half of the tales. With its unsentimental sympathies, its laughter, and its delightfully vivid sense of detail, the collection stands as a significant and moving monument to Ramanujan's memory as a scholar and writer.
Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India
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Author : A. K. Ramanujan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India written by A. K. Ramanujan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Kanarese (Indic people) categories.
As a young college lecturer in the 1950s, Ramanujan collected tales from servants, aunts, schoolteachers, childrenýanyone who would tell him a storyýand translated and interpreted them over the next three decades. This volume includes seventy-seven tales, with Ramanujanýs notes that help place the stories in their cultural and literary contexts.
A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India
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Author : A. K. Ramanujan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India written by A. K. Ramanujan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Kanarese (Indic people) categories.
As A Young College Lecturer In The 1950S, Ramanujan Collected Tales From Servants, Aunts, Schoolteachers, Children-Anyone Who Would Tell Him A Story-And Translated And Interpreted Them Over The Next Three Decades. This Volume Includes Seventy-Seven Tales, With Ramanujan S Notes That Help Place The Stories In Their Cultural And Literary Contexts.
Folktales From India
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Author : ATTIPATE KRISHNASWAMI. RAMANUJAN
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Premium Classic
Release Date : 2023-12-06
Folktales From India written by ATTIPATE KRISHNASWAMI. RAMANUJAN and has been published by Penguin Premium Classic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-06 with categories.
A.K. Ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of India's ageless oral folklore tradition.
Tales Of Darkness And Light
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Author : Soso Tham
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2018-04-25
Tales Of Darkness And Light written by Soso Tham and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-25 with Literary Collections categories.
Soso Tham (1873–1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece The Old Days of the Khasis. Janet Hujon’s vibrant new translation presents the English reader with Tham’s long poem, which keeps a rich cultural tradition of the Khasi people alive through its retelling of old narratives and acts as a cultural signpost for their literary identity. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Indian literature and culture and in the interplay between oral traditions and written literary forms. This edition includes: • English translation • Critical apparatus • Embedded audio recordings of the original text
Folktales Of India
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Author : Brenda E. F. Beck
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-02-01
Folktales Of India written by Brenda E. F. Beck and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-01 with Social Science categories.
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. "This collection does an excellent job of representing India. . . . It is the type of book that can be enjoyed by all readers who love a well-told tale as well as by scholars of traditional narrative and scholars of India in general."—Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Asian Folklore Studies "The stories collected here are representative, rich in structural subtlety, and endowed with fresh earthy humor."—Kunal Chakraborti, Contributions to Indian Sociology
Wisdom S Blossoms
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Author : Doug Glener
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2002-11-12
Wisdom S Blossoms written by Doug Glener and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-12 with Religion categories.
Here is a timeless collection of traditional stories that recount the personal spiritual journeys and true acts of selflessness by saints from various religious traditions indigenous to India, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Sufism. The authors present a diverse selection of these inspirational tales—about both men and women saints, from a variety of time periods, and from all over India—and make them relevant for a modern audience. The stories reveal that, despite their perceived differences, the same spiritual principles underlie all the great religious traditions.
Folk Tales Of Bengal
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Author : Lal Behari Day
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Folk Tales Of Bengal written by Lal Behari Day and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Bengali (South Asian people) categories.
How I Became A Tree
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Author : Sumana Roy
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-31
How I Became A Tree written by Sumana Roy and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Nature categories.
An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek “I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time.” So writes Sumana Roy at the start of How I Became a Tree, her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world. Drawn to trees’ wisdom, their nonviolent way of being, their ability to cope with loneliness and pain, Roy movingly explores the lessons that writers, painters, photographers, scientists, and spiritual figures have gleaned through their engagement with trees—from Rabindranath Tagore to Tomas Tranströmer, Ovid to Octavio Paz, William Shakespeare to Margaret Atwood. Her stunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves. Hailed upon its original publication in India as “a love song to plants and trees” and “an ode toall that is unnoticed, ill, neglected, and yet resilient,” How I Became a Tree blends literary history, theology, philosophy, botany, and more, and ultimately prompts readers to slow down and to imagine a reenchanted world in which humans live more like trees.