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Three Hundred Rāmāyaṇas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation" is an essay written by Indian writer A. K. Ramanujan for a Conference on Comparison of Civilizations at the University of Pittsburgh, February 1987. The essay was a required reading on Delhi University's syllabus for history undergraduates from 2006–7 onward. On ...
This is a list of the most translated literary works (including novels, plays, series, collections of poems or short stories, and essays and other forms of literary non-fiction) sorted by the number of languages into which they have been translated.
Cursor Mundi (Middle English) by an anonymous cleric (c. 1300) Africa by Petrarch ; The Tale of the Heike, Japanese epic war tale; The Brus by John Barbour ; La Spagna (Italian) attributed to Sostegno di Zanobi (c. 1350–1360) Mocedades de Rodrigo (Old Spanish) (c. 1360) Siege of Jerusalem (c. 1370–1380, Middle English)
Tales of the Alhambra (1832) is a collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories by American author Washington Irving (1783–1859) inspired by, and partly written during, his 1828 visit to the palace/fortress complex known as the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
Indian English Literature is relatively recent, being nearly two centuries old. The first book written by an Indian in English was The Travels of Dean Mahomet (1794), a travel narrative by Sake Dean Mahomed. [3]. The first Indian novel in English, Rajmohan’s Wife (1864), was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
A recording of Constance Garnett's translation of "The Student" (09:56) On a Good Friday evening, Ivan Velikopolsky, a 22-year-old sacristan's son and clerical student, walks home and imagines that the bitter wind, cold, and darkness he experiences were also felt throughout history: by Rurik, Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great. Along his ...
Essays 1905 Atmasakti: Collection of political essays and lectures; Novel 1906 Noukadubi (or Nauka Dubi) The Wreck [Novels 4] Ship Wreck; Boat Accident [Novels 5] Poetry 1906 Kheya: Ferry; Essays 1906 Bharatbarsha: India (collection of political essays and lectures) Essay 1906 Deshnayak: Political essay; Essay 1906 Rajbhakti: Political essay ...
Out of these works, Gogol's is the most famous because it presents an absurd tale that serves as not only social commentary but also a comedic tale for all ages. In A History of Russian Literature, the critic D. S. Mirsky writes, "The Nose is a piece of sheer play, almost sheer nonsense. In it more than anywhere else Gogol displays his ...