Changing political and cultural environment of the 18^th century had its impact on the growth of T literature. The rise of foreign pockets and petty principalities brought about a radial change in the character and quality of literary works of the period. Earlier poetry used to be monopoly of the niyogi Brahmins only. With the change, vaidika Brahmins and many non-Brahmins began to compose, write treatise on grammar, commentaries on classics besides imitations of the great prabandhas of the past – all of which indicate that creativity of the authors was at low ebb. The dialects and slang's of various parts of the country and foreign vocabulary found place in the composition of the times. The religious unrest of the day and society was reflected in literature too. As early as 1712 Christian missionaries introduced the printing press and things like coffee and tobacco. It was a period of transition where adherence to tradition was being overpowered by an urge to change.

Kasturi Rangakavi's Sambanighantuvu is a lexicon of pure native T. Timmakavi of the famous Kuchimanchi family in the East Godavri district was a prolific author and master in pure T compositions. Glimpses of contemporary society are discernible in his work called Bharga Shataka and Kukkuteshwara Shataka. The plight of a common peasant is portrayed in Bharag Shataka.

Adidam Surakavi, son of Bala Bhaskar, was a famous poet of those times and was much feared for his biting tongue. Kavi Samshaya Viccheda is a treatise on some special aspects of T grammar; Andhranamaseshamu is a small dictionary of the pure T vocabulary in verse form are some of his works.

Gogulapati Kurmanath kavi was undoubtedly a great poet of the century. His Mrityunjaja Vilasamu is in a class by itself in Yakshagana literature. His Simhadri Narasimha Shataka is historical in its appeal. It gives us a vivid picture of the unhappy results of the Muslim inroads into our country and destruction of temples. Mangalagiri Kavi a Brahmin poet of the 18^th century gave up an effective portrait of Jesus Christ in his Vedanta rasayanamu.

Telegana consists of nine districts in Andhra Pradesh, which was earlier part of Nizam's domain. Due to a number of small principalities T literature flourished during that period. Independent of any patronage Lingamurthy Parashuram Panthulu, belonging to Maratha stock, composed a great work called Sitaramanjaneya Samvadamu wherein good poetry is coupled with lucid exposition of the advaita philosophy. It became a handbook of every teacher and preacher of philosophy in the T country. The Maringati family of Nalgonda district too is reputed for its generation of scholars. Kiriti Venkatacharya, a distinguished scholar poet of this family composed 13 works. His Achalatmaja Parinayamu is in double entendre, wherein the marriage stories of Sita and Paravati are woven into one.

Shahji Bhonsle 1684 to 1712 the eldest son of Ekoji I, the founder of the Maratha rule in Tanjore and the stepbrother of Shivaji, composed 22 plays in T. Tukoji brother and successor of Shahji wrote in T too. He conferred the title of 'Andhra Kalidasa' to Aluru Kuppana, the author of Parthasaratha Vijaya. Shri Narayana Tirtha, author of the famous Sri Krishna Leelatarangini in Sanskrit composed Parijatapaharanam Yakshagana in T. The great celebrity in the world of music, Tyagaraja, was just coming into limelight through his unique skill in the art of music and compositions.

The Madurai court witnessed its golden age during the reign of V Chokkanath 1706-38. Its speciality lies in its crop of prose literature and erotic poetry. T literature received some patronage from the Maharaja of Mysore too.

To conclude there was indeed a rich crop of literary works during this period but not of the highest quality. Some of them were translation from Sanskrit and others imitation of T classics. A variety of themes are also seen in the literature of that time. Classical themes like the epics were respected but contemporary and foreign themes were accepted. The general trend of literature shows slackness in the traditional texture, decency, soundness and considerable craze for experiment.