The Broken Spell: Indian Storytelling and the Romance Genre in Persian and Urdu

by Pasha M Khan

Book Overview

Reconstructs Indian storytellers' lives and performance methods while recovering the marginalized worldview that popularized their art form.

The Broken Spell: Indian Storytelling and the Romance Genre in Persian and Urdu is a monograph on the rise and fall in popularity of "romances" (qissah)--tales of wonder and magic told by storytellers at princely courts and in public spaces in India from the sixteenth century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814345999
• ISBN13: 9780814345993
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"