Srinatha
The Poet who Made Gods and Kings
1st Edition
Published on 22. February 2012
224 pages
978-0-19-986303-7 (ISBN)
Description
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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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Who Was Srinatha?
- 1.2 The Poet's Autobiography
- 1.3 The Reddi Kings and the Idea of Andhra
- 1.4 What Makes a Poet?
- 1.5 How to Tell a Story
- 2. What Happens When a Poem Is Translated into a Poem?
- 2.1 A Telugu Tour de Force
- 2.2 The Author and Translator in the Text
- 2.3 The Two Words "You" and "I"
- 2.4 Tears and Nasals
- 2.5 A New Space
- 3. Building in Sound
- 3.1 Agonies of Exile
- 3.2 Siva Fragmented and Unified
- 3.3 The Burning of the Three Cities
- 3.4 A River Delayed
- 3.5 Fusion and Fullness
- 3.6 Conclusion: On Creating a God
- 4. A Novella in Two Voices
- 4.1 Introducing the Siva-ratri-mahatmyamu
- 4.2 Introducing Sukumara
- 4.3 Forbidden Love
- 4.4 On Realism and Double-Voicing
- 4.5 Srinatha the Pauranika
- 4.6 Summary
- 5. Afterlife
- 5.1 Remembered Biographies
- 5.2 Parody: The Poet as Lover
- 5.3 Potana: The As-if Brother-in-Law
- 5.4 The Poet as Sorcerer
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- D
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