Grow Long, Blessed Night: Love Poems from Classical IndiaOxford University Press, 2000 - 265 Seiten This book presents new English translations of over 200 erotic poems composed in India's three classical languages: Old Tamil, Maharastri Prakrit, and Sanskrit. The poems have been culled from large anthologies that date from as early as the first century CE to as late as the eighth century. Martha Ann Selby's masterful translations allow the poems to stand on their own in English while maintaining the flavors of the original verses. Grouped according to conversational themes, the poems are annotated whenever a brief explanation is necessary. Grow Long, Blessed Night also provides a thorough scholarly introduction to the origins of the poems, suggestions on how to read them, and information about the languages in which they were composed. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
Issues of Comparative | 26 |
Reading Tamil Cañkam Poetry | 46 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
A. K. Ramanujan Abhinavagupta aesthetic Ainkurunuru akam and puram Amaru Amaruśataka Anandavardhana anger Arjunavarmadeva bangles body breasts Caminātaiyar cankam chapter Civaka Cintamani classical commentary commentators composed confidante context conventions couplets Daniel Ingalls described dhvani Dhvanyaloka elements emotion erotic example eyes flowers Gañgādharabhaṭṭa gatha gathās Gāthāsaptasati genre girl girlfriend headnote heart hero heroine heroine's honey husband Ibid Indian Ingalls interpretation introduction Kālidāsa kuriñci Kuruntokai landscape language Lienhard literally literary Locana look love poetry lover lovesickness Madras Madurai Māhārāṣṭrī Mammața marutam Mathurānāth Śāstrī meaning metaphor mey-p-pāṭu mother Narriņai neytal Paramasivam parrots poets Prākrit Prakrit gāthās rasa reader Reader-Response Criticism reading resonance rhetorical rice sambhoga Sanskrit critics Sanskrit poem saptasati scholars semiotic separation sexual spoken suggest Tamil anthology Tamil Literature Tamil poem Tamil poetics tears tell theme tiņai tion Tolkappiyam traditions Translated tryst University Press Vemabhūpāla verse vipralambha wife woman women words yamaka Zvelebil