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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.
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.
A.K. Ramanujan has been recognised as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This book brings together, for the first time, poems and essays by A.K. Ramanujan which could not be used in his lifetime. Also included are Ramanujan's conversational interviews with academics and friends, folk-tales, discussions of Shakespeare, translation and the idea of communication. Edited by Molly Daniels-Ramanujan and Keith Harrison, both of whom knew him personally.