Richman. Many Ramayanas

Today's free book is Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia edited by Paula Richman (1991); it is available online as part of the University of California Press ebook initiative: link. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Table of Contents

Introduction: the Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition. Paula Richman

Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation. A. K. Ramanujan

Ramayana, Rama Jataka, and Ramakien: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Buddhist Traditions. Frank E. Reynolds

The Mutilation of Surpanakha. Kathleen M. Erndl

Fire and Flood: The Testing of Sita in Kampan's Iramavataram. David Shulman

A Ramayana of Their Own: Women's Oral Tradition in Telugu. Velcheru Narayana Rao

The Raja's New Clothes: Redressing Ravana in Meghanadavadha Kavya. Clinton Seely

Creating Conversations: The Rama Story as Puppet Play in Kerala. Stuart H. Blackburn

E. V. Ramasami's Reading of the Ramayana. Paula Richman

Ramayana Exegesis in Tenkalai Srivaisnavism. Patricia Y. Mumme

The Secret Life of Ramcandra of Ayodhya. Philip Lutgendorf

Personalizing the Ramayan: Ramnamis and Their Use of the Ramcaritmanas. Ramdas Lamb