Kamil V. Zvelebil
ASIN: B00HOMFEGC
Publisher: New Era Publications, Chennai
Pages: 130
The Author was a Professor of Dravidian Studies at the State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.This book is dedicated to anyone who wants to read classical Tamil poetry and appreciate it more through a basic knowledge of its form. This book offers an introduction to classical Tamil prosody which should be understood and used as a practical handbook. The contents of this book originated from classes given by the Author in German at the University of Heidelberg.The Author's note to readers: "Read as much as possible, alound, and with an attempt to understand the structural properties of Tamil poetry. You will be richly awarded; never forget that Tamil is simultaneously a threefold creation (muttamil): the form, the sound, the performance belong to its body as organically as its basic structural units. Hence prosody has a very special place in this threefold organization."Publisher's ...