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1 online resource |
| Series |
Voices from Asia Ser. v.13
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Voices from Asia ; v.13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Cover -- Classical Telugu Poetry -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Pronunciation -- Introduction -- 1. Nannaya -- Entering the Mahābhārata -- Udaṅka and the Snakes -- 2. Nannĕcoḍa -- On Poetry in Telugu -- How to Make God Fall in Love -- 3. Pālkuriki Somanātha -- The Brahmin Widow and the Untouchable God -- 4. Tikkana -- The Slaying of Kīcaka -- 5. Mañcana -- The Brahmin Who Kept His Wife in the Basement -- Quick Wit -- The Obliging Husband -- 6. Ĕṟṟāpragaḍa -- Vena and Pṛthu -- 7. Nācana Somanātha -- Naraka and Ūrvaśi -- 8. Śr̄inātha |
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A Definition of Poetry -- Burning the Three Cities -- The Birth of Sukumāra -- 9. Bammĕra Potana -- Viṣṇu the Dwarf -- The Rescue of Gajendra -- 10. Annamayya -- Songs for the Lord of the Hills -- 11. Allasāni Pĕddana -- The Brahmin Meets the Courtesan -- Sanskrit and Telugu -- 12. Kṛṣṇadevarāya -- The King's Dream -- Viṣṇu-citta of Villiputtūr -- 13. Nandi Timmanna -- Satyabhāma Kicks Kṛṣṇa -- 14. Dhūrjaṭi -- The Story of Natkīra -- 15. Tĕnāli Rāmakṛṣṇa -- On Becoming a Frog -- 16. Nūtana-kavi Sūranna -- Beauty or Wealth? -- 18. Appakavi -- On Poetry and Grammar -- On Good Books -- 19. Kṣetrayya |
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Courtesan Songs -- 20. Śatakas -- Dhūrjaṭi. Kāḷahastīśvara-śatakamu -- Kañcarla Gopanna [Rāmadāsu]. Dāśarathi śatakamu -- Kāsula Puruṣottamakavi. Āndhra-nāyaka-śatakamu -- 21. Cāṭu Verses -- 22. Śāhāji -- Take My Wife -- 23. Samukhamu Veṇkaṭakṛṣṇappa Nāyaka -- The Love of Indra and Ahalyā -- 24. Muddupaḷani -- How to Read a Book -- Rādha Instructs Iḷa, Kṛṣṇa's New Bride, in the Arts of Love -- 25. Tyāgarāja -- I Can't See You Smile -- Take Me for Your Guard -- What Did You Give Them? -- Reach Him Through Music -- Won't You Remove the Screen? -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The classical tradition in Telugu, the mellifluous language of Andhra Pradesh in southern India, is one of the richest yet least explored of all South Asian literatures. In this volume, 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, providing an authoritative volume overview of one of the world's most creative poetic traditions. An informative, engaging introduction fleshes out the history of Telugu literature, situating its poets in relation to significant l |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Telugu poetry -- To 1500 -- Translations into English.
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Telugu poetry -- 1500-1800 -- Translations into English.
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POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors) |
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Telugu poetry |
| Chronological Term |
To 1800 |
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Translations
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| Added Author |
Narayana Rao, Velcheru, 1932- translator, editor, writer of introduction.
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Shulman, David Dean, 1949- translator, editor, writer of introduction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Narayana Rao, Velcheru Classical Telugu Poetry Berkeley : University of California Press,c2020 |
| ISBN |
0520976657 electronic bk. |
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9780520976658 (electronic bk.) |
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9780520344525 |
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0520344529 |
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