Classical Telugu Poetry

Classical Telugu Poetry
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Publisher : University of California Press
Total Pages : 383
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ISBN-10 : 9780520344525
ISBN-13 : 0520344529
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Download or read book Classical Telugu Poetry written by David Shulman and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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