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020			_a9789004493025 _q(electronic book)
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024	7		_a10.1163/9789004493025 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)555654005
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100	1		_aZvelebil, K.V., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCompanion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature / _cK.V. Zvelebil.
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c1991.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia ; _v5
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThere is a number of problems connected with the study and teaching of any Oriental literature in general and of Tamil literature specifically which have to date been mostly ignored, although they are indispensable for solid knowledge and correct interpretation and understanding of the literature in question. These include problems of authenticity and authorship, of transmission and tradition, writing tools and materials, of relationship of orality to literacy, of Sanskrit to Tamil, the prehistory of Tamil written literature, the numerous texts that have been lost, scholarly lineages and the rediscovery of ancient Tamil literature etc. The book deals with all these problems as well as with some specific Tamil cultural phenomena such as the concept of "threefold Tamil" or the relationship of literature ('marked') to grammar ('marker'), with the derivation of the term "Tamil" and with the history of Tamil literary historiography. It will be indispensable as an introduction to the study of the more than 2000 years of Tamil literary history. By addressing questions which have thus far been almost completely neglected, it has also decisive impact on the interpretative comprehension of Tamil literature and on the teaching of this very rich heritage of verbal art.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLiterature _xhistory.
650		0	_aLiterature _xtamil.
650		0	_aTamil literature _xHistory and criticism.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tCompanion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1991 _z9789004093652 _w(OCoLC)24871522
830		0	_aHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia ; _v5.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004493025
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