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Manuscript, Print and Memory

Manuscript, Print and Memory Relics of the Cankam in Tamilnadu - Studies in Manuscript Cultures

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9783110352771
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
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Language: English
Number of pages: 445
Weight: -1g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm