The Collected Essays of A. K. Ramanujan
Price: 795.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195668964
Publication date:
02/01/2004
Paperback
656 pages
216x140mm
Price: 795.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195668964
Publication date:
02/01/2004
Paperback
656 pages
A. K. Ramanujan, Vinay Dharwadker
Rights: World Rights
A. K. Ramanujan, Vinay Dharwadker
Description
Poet, translator, folklorist, A. K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profund scholar of South Asian language and culture. This book brings together for the first time thirty essays on literature and culture written by him over a period of four decades. It is the product of the collaborative effort of a number of Ramanujan's colleagues and friends. The four sections - General Essays on Literature and Culture, Essays on Classical Literatures, Essays on Bhakti and Modern Poetry and Essays on Folklore - are each prefaced by a brief critical introduction. The volume also contains notes on each essay included here, as well as a chronology of Ramanujan's books and essays.
About the author
A. K. Ramanujan, former William E. Colvin Professor at the University of Chicago, and Vinay Dharwadker, University of OklahomaA. K. Ramanujan, Vinay Dharwadker
Description
Poet, translator, folklorist, A. K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profund scholar of South Asian language and culture. This book brings together for the first time thirty essays on literature and culture written by him over a period of four decades. It is the product of the collaborative effort of a number of Ramanujan's colleagues and friends. The four sections - General Essays on Literature and Culture, Essays on Classical Literatures, Essays on Bhakti and Modern Poetry and Essays on Folklore - are each prefaced by a brief critical introduction. The volume also contains notes on each essay included here, as well as a chronology of Ramanujan's books and essays.
About the author
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