Girls for Sale

Kanyasulkam, a Play from Colonial India

AvGurajada Apparao,Velcheru Narayana Rao

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

First staged in 1892, the South Indian play Girls for Sale (Kanyasulkam) is considered the greatest modern work of Telugu literature and the first major drama written in an Indian language that critiqued British colonialism's effects on Indian society. Filled with humor, biting social commentary, parody, and masquerade, the plot revolves around a clever courtesan, a young widow, and a very old man who wants to buy as his wife a very young girl. Velcheru Narayana Rao has prepared the first idiomatic English translation, with notes and a critical essay. Itself a masterpiece of Indian literature in translation, this edition makes Apparao's work available to new audiences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-07-20
Mått:156 x 235 x 14 mm
Vikt:381 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253219138
Översättare:Velcheru Narayana Rao

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Gurajada Apparao (1862–1915) is regarded as the father of modern Telugu literature. Velcheru Narayana Rao is Krishnadevaraya Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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"[A] scholarly event of the first importance. . . . This translation is a work of artand I predict that it will, on its own terms, become a classic."—David Shulman, Hebrew University

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionA Note on Translation and TransliterationGirls for SaleDramatis Personae1. Act One2. Act Two3. Act Three4. Act Four5. Act Five6. Act Six7. Act SevenThe Play in Context: A Second Look at Apparao's KanyasulkamPerforming KanyasulkamGlossaryGuide to PronunciationProper Names with DiacriticsNote on Names and CastesOn Kinship and FriendshipCard Game in Act Five, Scene TwoNotesIndex