Poet, translator, and folklorist, A. K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This omnibus collection brings all of his diverse poetic output in one volume. It will enable readers and scholars to see much more easily the interconnectedness of his work in different genres—original poetry and scholarly translations—and different languages.\ \ \ Also includes translation of ancient Tamil and Kannada poetry...
Poet, translator, and folklorist, A. K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This omnibus collection brings all of his diverse poetic output in one volume. It will enable readers and scholars to see much more easily the interconnectedness of his work in different genresoriginal poetry and scholarly translationsand different languages.
AcknowledgementsAn A. K. Ramanujan StoryPt. IPoemsInterviewThe StridersRelationsSecond SightThe Black Hen in Collected PoemsUncollected PoemsPt. IITranslations Classical Tamil (A.D. 50 to A.D. 300)On Translating a Tamil PoemThe Interior LandscapePoems of Love and WarTamil and Kannada Bhakti Poetry (A.D. 600 to A.D. 1200)A Note on Bhakti PoetrySpeaking of SivaHymns for the Drowning