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Explores the rise and fall in popularity of “romances” (qissah) - tales of wonder and magic told by storytellers at princely courts and in public spaces in India from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. Pasha Khan points to the worldviews underlying the popularity of Urdu and Persian romances.

The Broken Spell

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      Publisher: Wayne State University Press
      Publication Date: 6/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780814345986, 978-0814345986
      ISBN10: 0814345980
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      Literary studies: general Asian history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the rise and fall in popularity of “romances” (qissah) - tales of wonder and magic told by storytellers at princely courts and in public spaces in India from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. Pasha Khan points to the worldviews underlying the popularity of Urdu and Persian romances.

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