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.
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Judith M. Jacob was formerly Lecturer in Cambodian at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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Anbieter: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. vii, 282 pages ; 23 cm. This is the first book on Cambodian literature to be written in English. It is a comprehensive guide to the Cambodian 'classical' literature, i.e. the literature written on palm-leaf or Chinese paper manuscripts between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. After the introduction there is a section on each of the ten genres, which include proverbs, riddles, and songs, and a description of the versification. An alphabetically arranged inventory of the authors, with all the details known about them, follows; then a similarly arranged list of works with details of manuscripts, metres etc, and with reference to the texts, versions and studies which are contained in the final part, the Bibliography. Two other sections provide resumes of the best-known folk tales and 'verse novels'. Artikel-Nr. PGSOASPUB18
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