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Sensitive Reading The Pleasures of South Asian Literature in Translation /

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What are the pleasures of reading translations of South Asian literature, and what does it take to enjoy a translated text? This volume provides opportunities to explore such questions by bringing together a who...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bronner, Yigal Prof (Editor ), Hallisey, Charles (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [s.l.] : University of California Press, 2022.
Edición:1 ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Unit I: Retelling Nala
  • 1. Shriharsha's Sanskrit Life of Naishadha: Translator's Note and Text
  • 2. Ativirarama Pandyan's Tamil Life of Naidatha: Translator's Note and Text
  • 3. Malamangala Kavi's Malayalam Naishadha in Our Language: Translator's Note and Text
  • Unit II: What Does It Mean to Be "Modern" in Telugu?
  • 4. "Khwaja the Dog-Worshiper" from The Story of the Four Dervishes: Translator's Note and Text
  • 5. "Touch" by Abburi Chayadevi: Translator's Note and Text
  • 6. "A Street Pump in Anantapuram" and Five Other Poems by Mohammad Ismail: Translator's Note and Text
  • Unit III: The Love of Music and the Music of Love
  • 7. The Music Contest from Tiruttakkatevar's Tamil Chivakan's Gem: Translator's Note and Text
  • 8. Two Songs by Muttuswami Dikshitar, Performed by T. M. Krishna and Eileen Shulman: Translator's Note, Texts, and Recordings
  • Unit IV: The Vagaries of Love
  • 9. Desire and Passion Ride to War (Unknown Artist): Selector's Note
  • 10. Ravana Visits Sita at Night in the Ashoka Grove, from Kamban's Tamil Ramayana: Translator's Note and Text
  • 11. When a Mountain Rapes a River, from Bhattumurti's Telugu Vasu's Life: Translator's Note and Text
  • Unit V: Love's Interior Landscapes: Four Selections from Tamil Sangam Poetry
  • 12. "Ten on the Wild Boar": Translator's Note and Text
  • 13. Three Poems about Love's Inner Modes: Translator's Note and Text
  • Unit VI: Who Am I When I'm Reading You?
  • 14. Nammalvar's Tamil A Hundred Measures of Time: Translator's Note and Text
  • 15. A Persian Ghazal by Hafez and an Urdu Ghazal by Ghalib: Translator's Note and Text
  • Afterword 248
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index