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Text and Tradition in South India

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao

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Text and Tradition in South India

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao

Essays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao. Velcheru Narayana Raos contribution to understanding Indian cultural history, literary production, and intellectual lifespecifically from the vantage of the Andhra regionhas few parallels. He is one of the very rare scholars to be able to reflect magisterially on the precolonial and colonial periods. He moves easily between Sanskrit and the vernacular traditions, and between the worlds of orality and script. This is because of his mastery of the classical Telugu tradition. As Sanjay Subrahmanyam puts it in his Introduction, To command nearly a thousand years of a literary tradition is no small feat, but more important still is VNRs ability constantly to offer fresh readings and provocative frameworks for interpretation. The essays and reflections in Text and Tradition in South India bring together the diverse and foundational contributions made by Narayana Rao to the rewriting of Indias cultural and literary history. The book is for anyone interested in the history of Indian ideas, the social and cultural history of South India, and the massive intellectual traditions of the subcontinent.

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1438467753

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A Lover's Guide to Warangal

By: Vinukoṇḍa Vallabharāya

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A Lover's Guide to Warangal

By: Vinukoṇḍa Vallabharāya

Since The Rediscovery Of The`Kridabhiramamu` At The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century, The Book Has Been The Subject Of Intense Controversy Among Telugu Scholars And Critics, Some Of Whom Attacked It As Obscene. The Translators Discuss This Controversy And Suggest A New Way Of Closely Reading The Text In The Light Of The Vibrant Literary Milieu In Which It Was Composed.

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Orient Blackswan

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8178240297

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9788178240299

Srinatha

The Poet who Made Gods and Kings

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao,David Shulman

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Srinatha

The Poet who Made Gods and Kings

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao,David Shulman

David Shulman and Velcheru Narayana Rao offer a groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature. Their study, which includes extensive translations of Srinatha's major works, shows the poet's place in a great classical tradition in a moment of profound cultural transformation.

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OUP USA

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0199863040

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9780199863044

Classical Telugu Poetry

An Anthology

By: V_lc_ru N_r_ya_ar_vu,Velcheru Narayana Rao,David Shulman

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Classical Telugu Poetry

An Anthology

By: V_lc_ru N_r_ya_ar_vu,Velcheru Narayana Rao,David Shulman

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 The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade "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 The Journey: Stories by K.C. Das

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Univ of California Press

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0520225988

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9780520225985

Text and Tradition in South India

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao

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Text and Tradition in South India

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao

Velcheru Narayana Rao's contribution to understanding Indian cultural history, literary production, and intellectual life—specifically from the vantage of the Andhra region—has few parallels. He is one of the very rare scholars to be able to reflect magisterially on the precolonial and colonial periods. He moves easily between Sanskrit and the vernacular traditions, and between the worlds of orality and script. This is because of his mastery of the "classical" Telugu tradition. As Sanjay Subrahmanyam puts it in his Introduction, "To command nearly a thousand years of a literary tradition is no small feat, but more important still is VNR's ability constantly to offer fresh readings and provocative frameworks for interpretation." The essays and reflections in Text and Tradition in South India bring together the diverse and foundational contributions made by Narayana Rao to the rewriting of India's cultural and literary history. The book is for anyone interested in the history of Indian ideas, the social and cultural history of South India, and the massive intellectual traditions of the subcontinent.

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State University of New York Press

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Srinatha

The Poet who Made Gods and Kings

By: Velcheru Narayana Rao,David Shulman

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The Poet who Made Gods and Kings

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Text and Tradition in South India

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Classical Telugu Poetry

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