Abstract
Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Poems, Poets, and Poetics Chapter One Poet, God, and Audience in the Poetry of the Tamil Saints Chapter Two The DevoteeOs Experience of the Sacred Tamil Hymns Chapter Three The Poetics of Bhakti Part II. Tamil Classicism and Bhakti: Conflict and Accommodation Chapter Four A Devotional Poem in the Classical Mode Chapter Five A Tamil Allegory of Love Conclusion Part III. Poems Karaikkalammaiyar Poykai, Putam, and Pey: The First Three Alvars Nammalvar Namikkavacakar Notes to the Poems Appendix A The SaintsO Hymns in Present-Day Temple Ritual Appendix B Index of Mythological/Iconographic Allusions and Proper Names Occurring in the Poems Appendix C Index of Motifs Bibliography Index
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