A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India (Voices from Asia)
ISBN-13:
9780520208476
ISBN-10:
0520208471
Edition:
0
Author:
David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
Hardcover
195 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780520208476
ISBN-10:
0520208471
Edition:
0
Author:
David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
Hardcover
195 pages
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A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India (Voices from Asia) (ISBN-13: 9780520208476 and ISBN-10: 0520208471), written by authors
David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao, was published by University of California Press in 1998.
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A Poem at the Right Moment collects, and preserves, poems—called catus—that have circulated orally for centuries in South India. The poems are remarkable for their wit and precision, their lyrical insight on the commonplace, their fascination with sensual experience, and their exploration of the connection between language and desire. Taken together the catus offer a penetrating critical vision and an understanding of the classical traditions of Telugu, Tamil, and Sanskrit. Each poem is presented in a contemporary English translation along with the Indian-language original. An introduction and a concluding essay explore in detail the stories and texts that comprise the catu system.
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