Tamil Love Poetry: The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Ainkurunuru, an Early Third-Century AnthologyPaperback, 7 June 2011

Tamil Love Poetry: The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Ainkurunuru, an Early Third-Century Anthology
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Reading Age
Ages: 22
Grade Levels
17
Part of Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Part of Series
Translations from the Asian Classics (Paperback)
Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
7 Jun 2011
ISBN-10
0231150652
ISBN-13
9780231150651

Description

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.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 22
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
7 June 2011
Dimensions:
22.61 x 15.24 x 1.52 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 17
ISBN-10:
0231150652
ISBN-13:
9780231150651
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
256
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Weight:
299.37 gm

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