The study of stolen love : a translation of Kaḷaviyal eṉṟa Iṟaiyaṉār Akapporuḷ with commentary

Author(s)

• Nakkīraṉār
• Buck, David C.
• Paramasivam, K.

Bibliographic Information

The study of stolen love : a translation of Kaḷaviyal eṉṟa Iṟaiyaṉār Akapporuḷ with commentary

by Nakkīraṉār ; [translated] by David C. Buck, K. Paramasivam

（Texts and translations series, no. 18）

Scholars Press, c1997

• : cloth
• : pbk

Other Title

Kaḷaviyal eṉṟa Iṟaiyaṉār Akapporuḷ

Note

Bibliography: p. 319-323

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BB02200271
• ISBN:
  • 0788503316
  • 9780788503320
• LCCN: 96006539
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: tam
• Place of Publication: Atlanta, Ga.
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 323 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL4758.65.E5
  • DC21 : 894.8/1111
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tamil poetry To 1500 -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Tamil poetry -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Love in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA14404500