Velcheru Narayana Rao & David Shulman 
Srinatha [PDF ebook] 
The Poet who Made Gods and Kings

David Shulman and Velcheru Narayana Rao offer a groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature. Their study, which includes extensive translations of Srinatha’s major works, shows the poet’s place in a great classical tradition in a moment of profound cultural transformation.