Classical Telugu Poetry

"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

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. 

Product details

• Authors: David Shulman
• Assisted by: David Shulman (Editor), Shulman David (Editor), Velcheru Narayana Rao (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2020
• EAN: 9780520344525
• ISBN: 978-0-520-34452-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Voices from Asia; World literature in translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Asian History, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Poetry anthologies (various poets), HISTORY / Asia / South / General