OLD DECCAN DAYS OR HINDOO FAIRY LEGENDS by Mary Frere, Anna de Souza, Kirin Narayan (Editor) ( 9781576076804 )

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Title:

OLD DECCAN DAYS OR HINDOO FAIRY LEGENDS

By:

Mary Frere, Anna de Souza, Kirin Narayan (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£43.00
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ISBN 10:

1576076806

ISBN 13:

9781576076804

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO LTD

Pub. date:

17 December, 2002

Series:

Classic Folk and Fairy Tales

Pages:

259

Synopsis:

First published in 1868, this is a collection of Indian fairy stories as told to Mary Frere by Anna de Souza, Frere's nursemaid. In mid-19th century India, government officials, their family members and missionaries often recorded and published native folklore. The author's father, Sir Bartle Frere, then Governor of Bombay, wrote an introduction in the original publication, based on his personal interest in Indian fairy tales and culture. This edition contains an introduction by Kirin Narayan, with discussion of oral transmission of folktales, the British Colonial period in England and the Frere-Souza relationship. It also contains original translations of 24 tales as told to Mary Frere, and "a narrator's narrative", Frere's biographical notes on Souza, giving a rare insight into the life and perspective of the storyteller.

Illustrations:

1, black & white illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

ABC-CLIO Ltd

Returns:

Non-returnable

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