Tolkapiyam Poetics ( in Tamil )

Ed. R. Sambath 

This book provides an authoritative description and analysis on Tamil poetics based on Tolkappiyam and Sangam literature. 
The oldest Tamil work on grammar and poetics, the Tolkappiyam, describes the poetic conventions succintly in a few hundred aphorisms. This work is a comprehensive compendium containing 34 well written papers on each unit of poetics. Conventional Tamil poetics comprises 34 units. There is a tradition and continuity of these 34 poetic units from Tolkappiyam text, and this work specifically focuses the interface between Tolkappiyam and Sangam literature. This critical companion will be welcomed by students, researchers and professional scholars.