{"product_id":"text-and-tradition-in-south-velcheru-narayana-rao-9781438467764","title":"Text and Tradition in South India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVelcheru Narayana Rao's contribution to understanding Indian cultural history, literary production, and intellectual life-specifically from the vantage of the Andhra region-has few parallels. He is one of the very rare scholars to be able to reflect magisterially on the precolonial and colonial periods. He moves easily between Sanskrit and the vernacular traditions, and between the worlds of orality and script. This is because of his mastery of the \"classical\" Telugu tradition. As Sanjay Subrahmanyam puts it in his Introduction, \"To command nearly a thousand years of a literary tradition is no small feat, but more important still is VNR's ability constantly to offer fresh readings and provocative frameworks for interpretation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays and reflections in \u003ci\u003eText and Tradition in South India\u003c\/i\u003e bring together the diverse and foundational contributions made by Narayana Rao to the rewriting of India's cultural and literary history. The book is for anyone interested in the history of Indian ideas, the social and cultural history of South India, and the massive intellectual traditions of the subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Velcheru Narayana Rao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438467761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438467764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Velcheru Narayana Rao","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065579516159,"sku":"9781438467764","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac6975c7-034a-47ce-8f55-60b3668e22b8.jpg?v=1768675906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/text-and-tradition-in-south-velcheru-narayana-rao-9781438467764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}