Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An Anthology

by Paula Richman

Book Overview

While some religious texts may remain static over time, the Ramayana epic has been retold in a variety of ways over the centuries and across South Asia. Some of the narrative's most probing and innovative retellings have appeared in print in the last 100 years in the region of South India. This collection brings together, for the first time, modern retellings translated from the four major South Indian languages and from genres as diverse as drama,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219531
• ISBN13: 9780253219534
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher