| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Translations from the Asian Classics |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Marutam: (100 Poems on Jealous Quarreling, by Ōrampōkiyār) -- 2. Neytal: (100 Poems on Lamenting the Lover’s Absence, by Ammūvaṉār) -- 3. Kuṟiñci: (100 Poems on the Union of Lovers, by Kapilar) -- 4. Pālai: (100 Poems on Separation, by Ōtalāntaiyār) -- 5. Mullai: (100 Poems on Patient Waiting for the Lover’s Return, by Pēyaṉār) -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
Dating from the early decades of the third century C.E., the Ainkurunuru is believed to be the earliest anthology of classical Tamil love poetry and known to be a work of enduring importance. Commissioned by a Cera-dynasty king and composed by five masterful poets, the anthology renders the five landscapes of reciprocal love distinctive to the genre: jealous quarreling, anxious waiting and lamentation, clandestine love before marriage, elopement and love in separation, and patient waiting after marriage. Despite its centrality to literary and intellectual traditions, the Ainkurunur |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed Nov. 24, 2015) |
| Subject |
Love poetry, Tamil -- Translations into English
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Tamil poetry -- To 1500 -- Translations into English
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POETRY / Asian / General.
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Love poetry, Tamil.
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Tamil poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Selby, Martha Ann
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| ISBN |
9780231521581 |
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0231521588 |
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