The Monsoon Cloud: Poet Kāḷamēkam and His Irreverent Poetry

by Suganya Anandakichenin

A wordsmith, an extempore poet and a satirist, Kāḷamēkam (also known as Kāḷamēka Pulavar; fifteenth century) is widely known for his taṉippāṭals or 'self-contained verses', on a panoply of topics. These splendid but notoriously provocative verses were composed during a transitional phase of Tamil literature, by now in deep conversation with Sanskrit poetics and poetic language, thereby yielding an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9358527684
• ISBN13: 9789358527681
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"