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The four hundred songs of war and wisdom : an anthology of poems from classical Tamil, the Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u by Hart, George L., Hank Heifetz is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems composed by more than 150 poets in old Tamil - the literary language of ancient Tamilnadu - was compiled between the first and third centuries C.E. before Aryan influence had penetrated the south; it is thus a unique testament to pre-Aryan India." "Reflecting accurately and profoundly the life of southern India 2,000 years ago, the Purananuru is immensely important both as a literary work and as a guide to the development of South Asia's history, culture, religion, and linguistics. One of the few classical Indian works that confronts life without the insulation of a philosophical facade, making no basic assumptions about karma and the afterlife, the Purananuru has universal appeal. The poems face the world as a great and unsolved mystery, delving into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the change able nature of existence."--Jacket
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- Author
- Hart, George L., Hank Heifetz
- Publisher
- New York ; Chichester: Columbia University Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231115629
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Anthology