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The essays in this volume present analyses of a wide variety of modern and pre-modern South Asian narratives in Bengali, Hindi, Panjabi, Tamil, and Urdu, including Hir Varis Shah Krittibasa's Ramayana, Ruswa's Umrao Jan Ada, and Phalke's film venture Raja Harischandra, as well as texts less widely known, though equally significant. A wide range of analytical methods are applied.