
Manuscript, Print and Memory
Relics of the Cankam in Tamilnadu
Eva Maria Wilden(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
Published on 10. November 2014
Book
Mixed media product
XV, 445 pages
978-3-11-035277-1 (ISBN)
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Description
The ancient Tamil poetic corpus of the Cankam is at the same time a national treasure and a common battle ground for linguists and historians alike. Going back to oral predecessors from about the early first millennium, it became part of a canon, slowly fell into near oblivion and was finally rediscovered and printed in the 19th century. The present study follows up the complex historical process of its transmission through 2000 years.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-035277-1 (9783110352771)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Eva Wilden, Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris,France.