Classical Telugu Poetry, 13 - (Voices from Asia) by David Shulman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 literary themes and historical developments and discussing the relationship between Telugu and the classical literature and poetry of Sanskrit.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"An amazing book. There is nothing remotely like it anywhere in the world. I am in awe at the skill with which the many different voices in this collection have been kept alive. It is a terrific and stunningly interesting read."--Wendy Doniger, author of <i>The Bedtrick: </i><i>Tales of Sex and Masquerade</i> <p/> "This is a superb collection, which presents to the English reading public for the first time a literature of great beauty and importance. There is no similar or comparable anthology for any Indian language let alone Telugu. All of the translations of the poems are exquisite and learned. The introduction is both a much needed history of Telugu poetry and also a guide to the aesthetics of Telugu poetry and the art of reading it."--Phyllis Granoff, translator of <i>The Journey: Stories by K.C. Das</i><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Velcheru Narayana Rao </b>is Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he was the first person to hold the Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professorship in Telugu Culture, Literature, and History. <p/><b>David Shulman </b>is Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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