Tales from Thakurmar Jhuli

Twelve Stories from Bengal
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-808220-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 256 g

Bringing together twelve stories from Thakurmar Jhuli, originally compiled by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar in 1907, this book opens a window to the true spirit of grandmother's yarns. From 'Dalim Kumar', the story of a prince who has to match his wits against a demoness to save his brothers to 'Fox the Schoolteacher', a morbid tale about a wily fox whose evil deeds leads to his own downfall, these stories are told in a language that is simple and full of rhymes and songs.

Originating in centuries-old tales passed down through generations in the villages of Bengal, the collection recovers the fast-disappearing heritage of traditional fairytales that were once an oral legacy of every child in India. These twelve stories-freshly translated for the volume and accompanied by evocative line drawings-capture the spirit of the original stories while retaining their readability.

Zielgruppe

General readers, including children and young adults, as well as students and scholars of Indian writing in translation and comparative literature

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitra Majumdar, Dakshinaranjan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Note
Preface to the Original by Rabindranath Tagore
Introduction by Bharati Ray
'Kiranmala'
'Sheeth and Vasanth'
'Neelkamal and Lalkamal'
'Princess Kalavati'
'Manimala'
'The Champa Brothers'
'Dalim Kumar'
'Kanchanmala and Kankanmala'
'The Gold Wand and the Silver Wand'
'Sukhu and Dukhu'
'Brahman and Brahmani'
'Fox the Schoolteacher'

Über Autor(innen)

Mitra Majumdar, Dakshinaranjan
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar was a distinguished writer of stories for children in Bengali. One of his major contributions to Bengali literature is a four-volume compilation of Bengali folk and fairy tales, of which Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmother's Bag of Tales) is the best loved.