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The Study of Stolen Love

Name: The Study of Stolen Love
ISBN: 9780788503320

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David C. Buck, K. Paramasivam, Nakkiranar

Oxford University Press · Print & ebook · December 15, 1997

Reading lane: Indic Literary Criticism

This is the first complete English translation of an important work of Tamil poetics.

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Authors: David C. Buck, K. Paramasivam, Nakkiranar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: December 15, 1997
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Indic Literary Criticism · Indic Literary Collections
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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.