Folktales from Northern India (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576076989)

The first single volume collection of classic Hindi folktales by translators William Crooke and Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.

In 1891, at a time when the study of India was primarily based on ancient texts, coins, and material remains, William Crooke dared to focus on living India--its everyday culture, age-old customs, and fictional narratives. With Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube, he recorded and published, over a period of six years, a remarkable collection of folktales from northern India.

The tales reflect the tapestry of social and personal lives of this region, the epicenter of a revolt against British rule in 1857. Although many of the tales were published in British ethnographic journals, a number of the manuscripts, in Chaube's handwriting, were unpublished; others existed only as old microfilm in a New Delhi library. Never before have they appeared as a single volume or been available in any one library or archive.

Author: Sadhana Naithani
ISBN-10: 1576076989
ISBN-13: 9781576076989
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2002
Pages: 476
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 10.86h x 6.84w x 1.26d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2003 pg. 1178