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Author Naithani, Sadhana.

Title In quest of Indian folktales : Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke / Sadhana Naithani
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006

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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 In 1996, Sadhana Naithani discovered this unpublished collection in the archive of the Folklore Society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
Subject Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib.
Crooke, William, 1848-1923
SUBJECT Crooke, William, 1848-1923
Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib
Chaube, Pandit Ram Gharib fast
Crooke, William, 1848-1923 fast
Subject Tales -- India
Folklore -- India.
Folklorists -- India
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Folklore
Folklorists
Tales
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780253112026
0253112028
0253345448
9780253345448