The Radheshyam Ramayan in Text and Performance
$463.11
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2025
Summary
The Epic of Radheshyam: A Modern Ramayan
The Radheshyam Ramayan in Text and Performance delves into the heart of early 20th-century India, where a remarkable poet from Bareilly reimagined the timeless epic of the Ramayan. This biography chronicles the life of Pandit Radheshyam Kathavachak, a brahmin poet and singer-storyteller whose modern rendition of the Ramayan resonated with the masses and secured his place in the lineage of revered Ramayan poets like Valmiki and Tulsidas.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198948896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198948891 |
| Author: | Pamela Lothspeich |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Pamela Lothspeich
Pamela Lothspeich is Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research centers on the Indian epics in modern literature, theatre, and film.
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