Description |
1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
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 |
Summary |
"[A] rare piece of scholarly detective work."--Margaret Mills, Ohio State UniversityIn 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 In 1996, Sadhana Naithani discovered this unpublished collection in the archive of the Folklore Society |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317) and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib.
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Crooke, William, 1848-1923
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SUBJECT |
Crooke, William, 1848-1923
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Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib
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Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib fast |
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Crooke, William, 1848-1923 fast |
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Tales -- India
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Folklore -- India.
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Folklorists -- India
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore
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Folklorists
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Tales
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India
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780253112026 |
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0253112028 |
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0253345448 |
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9780253345448 |
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