{"product_id":"a-poem-at-the-right-moment-remembered-verses-from-premodern-south-india-volume-10-paperback","title":"A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India Volume 10 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVelcheru Narayana Rao\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Shulman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Poem at the Right Moment\u003c\/i\u003e collects, and preserves, poems--called \u003ci\u003ecatus\u003c\/i\u003e--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 \u003ci\u003ecatus\u003c\/i\u003e offer a penetrating critical vision and an understanding of the classical traditions of Telugu, Tamil, and Sanskrit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ecatu\u003c\/i\u003e system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderful read, full of intellectual surprises and aesthetic delights.--Lee Siegel, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Dreadful Night\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Thought-provoking and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eA Poem at the Right Moment\u003c\/i\u003e harbors a radical revision of Indian poetics.\"--Stuart Blackburn, author of \u003ci\u003eInside the Drama House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVelcheru Narayana Rao\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. \u003cb\u003eDavid Shulman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Narayana Rao and Shulman's other work includes \u003ci\u003eWhen God Is a Customer\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 231\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776362938656,"sku":"9780520309470","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c89f280eb27a120150012bb462661698.webp?v=1780478180","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-poem-at-the-right-moment-remembered-verses-from-premodern-south-india-volume-10-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}