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Tamil love poetry : the five hundred short poems of Aiṅkuru̲nūru̲, an early third-century anthology /

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 lan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Selby, Martha Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Tamil
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2011.
Colección:Translations from the Asian classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 200 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231521581
0231521588
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0231150652
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