A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India by Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Dean Shulman

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

Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Dean Shulman

195 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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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...

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