The Ramayana, an ancient epic of India, with audiences across vast
stretches of time and geography, continues to influence numberless
readers socially and morally through its many re-tellings. Made
available in English for the first time, the 16th century version
presented here is by Candravati, a woman poet from Bengal. It is a
highly individual rendition as a tale told from a woman's point of
view which, instead of celebrating masculine heroism, laments the
suffering of women caught in the play of male ego. This book
presents a translation and commentary on the text, with an
extensive introduction that scrutinizes its social and cultural
context and correlates its literary identity with its ideological
implications. Taken together, the narrative and the critical study
offered here expand the understanding both of the history of
women's self-expression in India and the cultural potency of the
epic tale. The book is of interest equally to students and
researchers of South Asian narratives, Ramayana studies and gender
issues.
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