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... oral , written and printed , many of us have been reluctant to embrace that fact in research . This book is my attempt to do so . The reluctance to study printed folklore derives , I suspect , from its apparent paradox . Living speech ...
... oral , written and printed , many of us have been reluctant to embrace that fact in research . This book is my attempt to do so . The reluctance to study printed folklore derives , I suspect , from its apparent paradox . Living speech ...
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... oral tradition and writing . The literary talent is evident in the texts themselves , and the history of writing can be pieced together from surviving examples , but our knowledge of oral genres is uncertain and limited . Before print ...
... oral tradition and writing . The literary talent is evident in the texts themselves , and the history of writing can be pieced together from surviving examples , but our knowledge of oral genres is uncertain and limited . Before print ...
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... orally or by writing ? Specialists have weighed in on both sides , occasionally even switching sides , of what appears to be an insoluble question . 52 One can point , for instance , to the recurrence of formulaic phrases as evidence of ...
... orally or by writing ? Specialists have weighed in on both sides , occasionally even switching sides , of what appears to be an insoluble question . 52 One can point , for instance , to the recurrence of formulaic phrases as evidence of ...
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Aiyar Arumukam Bengali Beschi books printed Brahmin British Calcutta catechism Christian Cittampala classical coast collection College Press colonial dictionary Dravidian early edition eighteenth century Ellis English Europe European folktales Fort St George George Town Guru Simpleton Henriques Hindu history of printing history of Tamil Indian folktales Indian languages interlingual Jesuit journal Kalvi Kalanciyam katai Katamancari later literary history literary practices London Lutherans Madras Presidency Madras University Madurai manuscript Marathi mid-century missionaries modern Murdoch Muttusami Pillai narrative Natesa nation nationalist Native nineteenth century Nobili oral traditions Pancatantra Paraiyar poems poetry political popular Portuguese printed books printed folklore printing press Protestant published pundit-publishers pundits reform Sanskrit Sastri script south India St George story Tamil books Tamil grammar Tamil language Tamil literary culture Tamil literature Tamil printing Tamil pundits Tamil texts Tamil translation Tamil Vilakkam Tanjore Tantavaraya Mutaliyar Telugu Tirukkural Tranquebar Vepery Vernacular village writing written wrote