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.

Author: Velcheru Narayana Rao
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/12/2020
Series: Voices from Asia
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780520344525

About the Author
Velcheru Narayana Rao 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.

David Shulman is Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.