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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[s.l.] :
University of California Press,
2022.
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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