Scholars without Borders Help Centre

You should be able to find the answers to most of your questions here- see the list of FAQs on the right. In case a query is outside of that list, of course there is always email (scholarswithoutborders@gmail.com) which we will answer within 24 hours, or the telephone (+91-9971763322) which we will answer during working hours (ours).

Visit our Help Centre

Store Information

The SwB Store is divided into a number of ministores, each listing different products such as for Books, eBooks, Audiobooks, Music CDs, Documentaries, Journal Subscriptions, Educational Material Maps and so on. The Books Ministore is what we have started with, and from time to time we will add more.

Frequently asked questions

Content for class "logo" Goes Here

HELP

Welcome to Scholars without Borders
The Website for Academic Publications from India
 
SEARCH:

The Rapids of a Great River

The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry

product image LARGER IMAGES

Summary

The Rapids of a Great River begins with selections from the earliest known Tamil poetry dating from the second century CE. The writings of the Sangam period laid the foundation for the Tamil poetic tradition, and they continue to underlie and inform the works of Tamil poets even today. The first part of this anthology traverses the Sangam and bhakti periods and closes with pre-modern poems from the nineteenth century. The second part, a compilation of modern and contemporary poetry, opens with the work of the revolutionary poet Subramania Bharati. Breaking free from prescriptions, the new voices—which include Sri Lankan Tamils, women and dalits, among others—address the contemporary reader; the poems, underscored by a sharp rhetorical edge, grapple with the complexities of the modern political and social world.

 

The selection is wide-ranging and the translations admirably echo the music, pace and resonance of the poems. This anthology links the old with the new, cementing the continuity of a richly textured tradition. There is something in the collection for every reader and each will make his or her own connections—at times startling, at other times familiar.

ADD TO CART -
Rs. 499 + Shipping


Editor: Lakshmi Holmstrom, K. Srilata & Subashree Krishnaswamy
Year: 2009
Price: Rs. 499
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Dimensions: 8.5 in x 5.5 in
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN 13: 9780670082810

Category:
Author Information & Reviews Poetry
Author Information & Reviews Indian Literature in Translation


SwB » Store » Book » The Rapids of a Great River