Extraordinary Child: Poems from a South Indian Devotional Genre 9780824862442
For hundreds of years Tamil poets have been composing devotional texts in which they adopt the voice of a mother and add
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English Pages 312 [311] Year 1997
Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations and Tables
Preface
I. HOW TO READ A PILLAITTAMIL
1. Extraordinary Child
2. Asking for the Moon, Taming the Tiger
II. PILLAITTAMILS FOR READING
3. The Florescence
4. A Temple and a Pillaittamil
5. The Hindu Monastic Milieu
6. A Pillaittamil to Muhammad
7. One Poet’s Baby Jesus
8. Poetry of Cultural Nationalism
III. REFLECTIONS ON PILLAITTAMILS
9. The Fruits of Reading Pillaittamils
Appendix: Descriptions of Pillaittamils in Texts about Poetics
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Illustrations and Tables
Preface
I. HOW TO READ A PILLAITTAMIL
1. Extraordinary Child
2. Asking for the Moon, Taming the Tiger
II. PILLAITTAMILS FOR READING
3. The Florescence
4. A Temple and a Pillaittamil
5. The Hindu Monastic Milieu
6. A Pillaittamil to Muhammad
7. One Poet’s Baby Jesus
8. Poetry of Cultural Nationalism
III. REFLECTIONS ON PILLAITTAMILS
9. The Fruits of Reading Pillaittamils
Appendix: Descriptions of Pillaittamils in Texts about Poetics
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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