Tales of darkness and light : : Soso Tham's The old days of the Khasis / / Soso Tham ; translated by Janet Hujon.
Soso Tham (1873-1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece...
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Tham, Soso, 1873-1940, author. Tales of darkness and light : Soso Tham's The old days of the Khasis / Soso Tham ; translated by Janet Hujon. Open Book Publishers 2018 Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers, 2018. 1 online resource (viii, 93 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier World oral literature series Description based on: online resource; title from PDF cover (Science Direct, viewed September 21, 2022). Includes bibliographical references. Soso Tham (1873-1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece The Old Days of the Khasis. Janet Hujon's vibrant new translation presents the English reader with Tham's long poem, which keeps a rich cultural tradition of the Khasi people alive through its retelling of old narratives and acts as a cultural signpost for their literary identity. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Indian literature and culture and in the interplay between oral traditions and written literary forms. English CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Light and darkness. Khasi (Indic people) long poem khasi soso tham northeastern india poetry Fruit God Khasi people 1-78374-468-5 Hujon, Janet, translator. World oral literature series. |
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