Tamil Love Poetry : : The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Ainkurunuru / / ed. by Martha Selby.
Dating from the early decades of the third century C.E., the Ainkurunuru is believed to be the world's earliest anthology of classical Tamil love poetry. Commissioned by a Cera-dynasty king and composed by five masterful poets, the anthology illustrates the five landscapes of reciprocal love: j...
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Tamil Love Poetry : The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Ainkurunuru / ed. by Martha Selby. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (256 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Translations from the Asian Classics Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Marutam -- 2. Neytal -- 3. Kuṟiñci -- 4. Pālai -- 5. Mullai -- References -- Index -- Backmatter restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Dating from the early decades of the third century C.E., the Ainkurunuru is believed to be the world's earliest anthology of classical Tamil love poetry. Commissioned by a Cera-dynasty king and composed by five masterful poets, the anthology illustrates the five landscapes of reciprocal love: 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 Ainkurunuru remains relatively unknown beyond specialists. Martha Ann Selby, well-known translator of classical Indian poetry and literature, takes the bold step of opening this anthology to all readers, presenting crystalline translations of 500 poems dense with natural imagery and early examples of South Indian culture. Because of their form's short length, the anthology's five authors rely on double entendre and sophisticated techniques of suggestion, giving their poems an almost haikulike feel. Groups of verse center on one unique figure, in some cases an object or an animal, in others a line of direct address or a specific conversation or situation. Selby introduces each section with a biographical sketch of the poet and the conventions at work within the landscape. She then incorporates notes explaining shifting contexts. Excerpt:He has gone off all by himselfbeyond the wasteswhere tigers used to prowland the toothbrush trees grow tall,their trunks parched,on the flinty mountains, while the lovely folds of your loins, wide as a chariot's seat, vanish as your circlet worked from gold grows far too large for you. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Love poetry, Tamil Translations into English. Tamil poetry To 1500 Translations into English. POETRY / Asian / General. bisacsh Selby, Martha, editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231150651 https://doi.org/10.7312/selb15064 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231521581 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231521581/original |
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