Songs of Experience: The poetics of Tamil devotion.(Religion in Asia and Africa) cloth 224 p.
Cutler, Norman. 著
目次
Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction PartI. Poems, Poets, and Poetics Chapter One Poet, God, and Audience in thePoetry of the Tamil Saints Chapter Two The DevoteeOs Experience of theSacred Tamil Hymns Chapter Three The Poetics of Bhakti Part II. TamilClassicism and Bhakti: Conflict and Accommodation Chapter Four A DevotionalPoem in the Classical Mode Chapter Five A Tamil Allegory of Love ConclusionPart III. Poems Karaikkalammaiyar Poykai, Putam, and Pey: The First ThreeAlvars Nammalvar Namikkavacakar Notes to the Poems Appendix A The SaintsOHymns in Present-Day Temple Ritual Appendix B Index ofMythological/Iconographic Allusions and Proper Names Occurring in the PoemsAppendix C Index of Motifs Bibliography Index