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020 $a9781783744701
024 7 $a10.11647/OBP.0137$2doi
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100 1 $aTham, Soso$4aut
245 10 $aTales of Darkness and Light
260 $a$bOpen Book Publishers$c2018
300 $a100
520 $a"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.
This edition includes:
? Original text ? English translation
? Critical apparatus ? Embedded audio recordings of the original text"
546 $aEnglish.
650 7 $aPoetry by individual poets$2bicssc
650 7 $aPoetry anthologies (various poets)$2bicssc
650 7 $aLiterature: history & criticism$2bicssc
653 $along poem
653 $akhasi
653 $asoso tham
653 $anortheastern india
653 $apoetry
856 40 $uhttp://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=648916$zAccess full text online
856 40 $uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/$zCreative Commons License