A Flowering Tree
1st Edition
Published on 23. September 2020
288 pages
978-0-520-31145-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book of oral tales from the south Indian region of Kannada represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by A. K. Ramanujan, one of the most revered scholars and writers of his time. The result of over three decades' labor, this long-awaited collection makes available for the first time a wealth of folktales from a region that has not yet been adequately represented in world literature. Ramanujan's skill as a translator, his graceful writing style, and his profound love and understanding of the subject enrich the tales that he collected, translated, and interpreted.
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A. K. Ramanujan taught at the University of Chicago until his death in 1993. Among his seventeen books are Folktales from India and Poems of Love and War. Stuart Blackburn is Research Associate in South Asian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Alan Dundes was Professor of Anthropology and Folklore at the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
Contents --
Editors' Preface --
1. A Story and a Song --
2. Acacia Trees --
3. The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince --
4. Bride for a Dead Man --
5. A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake --
6. A Buffalo Without Bones --
7. Cannibal Sister --
8. Chain Tale --
9. Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do --
10. The Clever Daughter-in-law --
11. A Couple of Misers --
12. The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll --
13. A Dog's Daughters --
14. A Dog's Story --
15. Dolls --
16. Double Double --
17. Dumma and Dummi --
18. Dwarfs --
19. A Flowering Tree --
20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow --
21. Fools --
22. A Jackal King --
23. For Love of Kadabu --
24. A Girl in a Picture --
25. The Glass Pillar --
26. A Golden Sparrow --
27. The Greatest Thing --
28. Hanchi --
29. The Horse Gram Man --
30. Hucca --
31. The Husband's Shadow --
32. In the Kingdom of Foolishness --
33. In Search of a Dream --
34. King and Peasant --
35. Kutlawa --
36. The Lampstand Woman --
37. The Magician and His Disciple --
38. A Minister's Word --
39. Monkey Business --
40. The Mother Who Married Her Own Son --
41. Muddanna --
42. Nagarani ("Serpent Queen") --
43. A Ne'er-do-well --
44. Ninga on My Palm --
45. Ogress Queen --
46. An Old Couple --
47. The Past Never Passes
Editors' Preface --
1. A Story and a Song --
2. Acacia Trees --
3. The Adventures of a Disobedient Prince --
4. Bride for a Dead Man --
5. A Brother, a Sister, and a Snake --
6. A Buffalo Without Bones --
7. Cannibal Sister --
8. Chain Tale --
9. Another Chain Tale: What an Ant Can Do --
10. The Clever Daughter-in-law --
11. A Couple of Misers --
12. The Dead Prince and the Talking Doll --
13. A Dog's Daughters --
14. A Dog's Story --
15. Dolls --
16. Double Double --
17. Dumma and Dummi --
18. Dwarfs --
19. A Flowering Tree --
20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow --
21. Fools --
22. A Jackal King --
23. For Love of Kadabu --
24. A Girl in a Picture --
25. The Glass Pillar --
26. A Golden Sparrow --
27. The Greatest Thing --
28. Hanchi --
29. The Horse Gram Man --
30. Hucca --
31. The Husband's Shadow --
32. In the Kingdom of Foolishness --
33. In Search of a Dream --
34. King and Peasant --
35. Kutlawa --
36. The Lampstand Woman --
37. The Magician and His Disciple --
38. A Minister's Word --
39. Monkey Business --
40. The Mother Who Married Her Own Son --
41. Muddanna --
42. Nagarani ("Serpent Queen") --
43. A Ne'er-do-well --
44. Ninga on My Palm --
45. Ogress Queen --
46. An Old Couple --
47. The Past Never Passes
