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A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India

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A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India - Narayana Rao, Velcheru (Editor), and Shulman, David (Editor)
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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 ...

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A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India 1998, University of California Press, Berkerley

ISBN-13: 9780520208490

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A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India 1998, University of California Press, Berkerley

ISBN-13: 9780520208476

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