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Author:   Danuta Stasik
Publisher:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.728kg
ISBN:  

9788173048159

ISBN 10:   8173048150
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: Multiple Streams of the Ramayana Tradition; The Development of the Tradition in India; Notes on the Cult of Ram (Rambhakti); Before Tulsidas: The Beginnings of the Ramayana Tradition in Hindi Literature; In the World of Tulsidass Ramkathas; Ramkatha in the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries: In the Shadow of Tulsidas?; On the Threshold of Modernity: Ramkathas in the Nineteenth Century; Modernizing the Tradition: Ramkathas of the First Half of the Twentieth Century; Ramkathas of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century; On the Nature of Tulsidass Ram; The Heaven on Earth Builder: Ram in Guptas Saket; Creating New Mythological Spaces? On Tradition, Society & the Role of People in Bhagvan Simhs Apne apne Ram; The Infinite Story?; Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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Danuta Stasik is Professor and Head of the Department of South Asian Studies. Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw. Her research interests are the Ramayana tradition in Hindi literature, Rambhakti in north India and the Indian diaspora in the West (particularly as represented in Hindi writing).

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