The Study of Stolen Love
1st Edition
Oxford University Press · Print & ebook · December 15, 1997
This is the first complete English translation of an important work of Tamil poetics.
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- Who it’s for
- An eighth-century Tamil commentary on love poetry, now available in its first complete English translation.
- Genres
- Indic Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Indic Literary Collections
- Published
- Oxford University Press, December 15, 1997
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This is the first complete English translation of an important work of Tamil poetics. Composed in southern India around the eighth century CE, this is a commentary structured around 60 verses of uncertain origin on the poetry of love. The commentary also includes hundreds of illustrative poems drawn from various Tamil literary periods ranging from the very earliest through the eighth century.
Tamil Love Poetics
An eighth-century Tamil commentary on love poetry, now available in its first complete English translation.
Come here for
- A commentary structured around 60 verses of uncertain origin
- Illustrative Tamil poems spanning literary periods through the eighth century
Expect
- Commentary on 60 verses of uncertain origin
- Hundreds of illustrative poems from Tamil literary periods
Where it sits
| Indic Literary Criticism | 79% |
|---|---|
| Poetry Criticism | 41% |
| Indic Literary Collections | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Indic Literary Criticism
- Authors
- David C. Buck, K. Paramasivam, Nakkiranar
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- December 15, 1997
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Indic Literary Criticism