This is a comprehensive guide to the Cambodian classical literature written on palm leaves or Chinese paper between the 16th and 19th centuries. After the introduction, there is a section on each of the ten genres, which includes proverbs, riddles and songs, and a description of the versification. An alphabetical inventory of key authors follows, after which there is a similarly arranged list of works with details of manuscripts and metres, and with reference to the texts, versions and studies which are contained in a final bibliography.
- ISBN10 0197136125
- ISBN13 9780197136126
- Publish Date 22 February 1996
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 7 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 294
- Language English