Home Classical Telugu Poetry An Anthology by Shulman, David [Editor]; Narayana Rao, Velcheru [Translator]; (ISBN: 9780520225985)

Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Classical Telugu Poetry An Anthology Hardcover - 2002

Name: Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology
Price: 31.80 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Editor-David Shulman; Translator-Velcheru Narayana Rao
ISBN: 9780520225985

by Shulman, David [Editor]; Narayana Rao, Velcheru [Translator];

Browse more copies for sale ↓

From the publisher

This groundbreaking anthology opens a window on a thousand years of classical poetry in Telugu, the mellifluous language of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. The classical tradition in Telugu is one of the richest yet least explored of all South Asian literatures. This authoritative volume, the first anthology of classical Telugu poetry in English, gives an overview of one of the world's most creative poetic traditions. Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman have brought together mythological, religious, and secular texts by twenty major poets who wrote between the eleventh and nineteenth centuries. The beautifully translated selections are often dramatic and unexpected in tone and effect, and sometimes highly personal. The authors have provided an informative, engaging introduction, fleshing out the history of Telugu literature, situating its poets in relation to significant literary themes and historical developments, and discussing the relationship between Telugu and the classical literature and poetry of Sanskrit.

First line

Nannaya (also Nannaya, Nannayabhattu,Nannaparya) is the first Telugu poet whose works have survived.

Details

Title Classical Telugu Poetry An Anthology
Author Shulman, David [Editor]; Narayana Rao, Velcheru [Translator];
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition
Pages 326
Language ENG
Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
Date September 2, 2002
ISBN 9780520225985

About the author

Velcheru Narayana Rao is Krishnadevaraya Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. David Shulman is Professor of Indian Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Together they have written A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India (California, 1998) and When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others (California, 1994, with A. K. Ramanujan).