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The Radheshyam Ramayan in text and performance / Pamela Lothspeich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lothspeich, Pamela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rādheśyāma, Kathāvācaka, 1890-1963.
- Rādheśyāma.
- Rādheśyāma, Kathāvācaka, 1890-1963. Radheshyam Ramayan.
- Authors, Indic--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, Indic.
- Dramatists, Hindi--20th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, Hindi.
- Performing arts--India--History--20th century.
- Performing arts.
- Poets, Hindi--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, Hindi.
- Performing arts--History.
- India.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Pandit Radheshyam Kathavachak, a 20th-century poet, reinterpreted the Ramayan into the 'Radheshyam Ramayan', blending Tulsidas's classic with the socio-political milieu of Gandhi's era. His work became pivotal to Ramlila shows in north India, showcasing his stature as a celebrated Vaishnav poet-singer.
- Contents:
- Pandit Radheshyam’s city of bareilly
- The cosmopolitan world of Radheshyam Kathavachak
- A new Ramayan for a new age
- The Sanskritization of a Hindi-Urdu epic
- Kathavachak’s characters and the artists who play them
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780198948926
- 0198948921
- 9780198948902
- 0198948905
- OCLC:
- 1460454758
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000270769
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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