The Life of a Text : Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas / Philip Lutgendorf
1991, First Edition. Berkeley, CA : University of California Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #442542
ISBN: 0520066901
Physical description; xvi, 469 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-460) and index. Contents; Front matter -- Contents -- Illustration -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. The Text and the Research Context -- 2. The Text in Recitation and Song -- 3. The Text Expounded: The Development of M nas-Kath -- 4. The Art of M nas-Kath -- 5. Words Made Flesh: The Text Enacted -- 6. The Text in a Changing Society -- Glossary of Names with Transliteration -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Tulas d sa 1532-1623 Stage history. Tulas d sa 1532-1623 R macaritam nasa. Tulas d sa 1532-1623. Criticism, Textual. TRAVEL Special Interest Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM General. RELIGION Hinduism General. Hindi poetry. Adaptation. Anthropology. Banaras. Community. Contemporary production. Cross cultural. Drama. Epic poetry. Epic. Folklore. Gods and goddesses. Hindi literature. Hinduism. India. Indian literature. Katha. Meter. Multicultural. Narrative structure. Nonfiction. Northern India. Oral tradition. Performing arts. Ramayana. Ramcaritmanas. Ramlila. Recitation. Religion. Religious experience. Religious poetry. Religious tradition. Ritual. Sacred texts. Song. Theater. Tradition. Tulsidas. World religions.
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