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 | | The Traditional Literature of Cambodia: A Preliminary Guide (London Oriental Series) by Judith M. Jacob ISBN-10: 0197136125 ISBN-10: 0-19-713612-5 ISBN-13: 9780197136126 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-713612-6 Hardcover 1996-04-18 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This book offers a comprehensive guide to the "classical" literature of Cambodia, manuscripts written on palm-leaf or Chinese paper between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Jacob includes alphabetically arranged inventory of the authors and their works. In addition, she provides summaries of the best-known folk tales and "verse novels," descriptions of genres, and a full bibliography of texts, translations, and studies. | ||
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Good reference book. I expected more... No khmer script. There are 282 pgs, but 1/3 of this is the bibliography. Summaries of stories and poems are all in english. Too bad, it would have been better if Ms. Jacob include the khmer scripts. | ||