Ranna: Gadayuddham – The Duel of the Maces

Akkamahadevi (Curatore)

R.V.S. Sundaram (Traduttore)

Ammel Sharon (Traduttore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020

The Gadayuddham (The Duel of the Maces) is a kavya (poetry) composed in classical Kannada literary style at the turn of the eleventh century. It is written in campu, a genre that developed in the tenth century as a mixture of poetry and prose. Ranna’s poem is remarkably dramatic in nature and is a meditation on the cost of war. Crisp dialogue, body gestures and imagery fill the poem. It is as if the poet were giving us directions for a play. Ranna employs ‘flashbacks’, a technique called simhavalokana, that is, a lion turning casually to glance behind him. Ranna builds up to the duel through characters recalling episodes of injury or through lamentation. The duel occupies only a short space in the eighth canto, but Ranna takes this time to fill in past episodes and reflect on the impact of war. This thousand-year-old poem will interest scholars as well as lay readers. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

• Traduttore: R.V.S. Sundaram, Ammel Sharon
• Curatore: Akkamahadevi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 790 gr.
• EAN: 9780367535940

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