Book Review: Songs of Experience: The Poetics of Tamil Devotion
Keywords:
literary criticism, devotional poetics, Nāyaṉmārs, Āḻvārs, Tamil bhakti, Norman CutlerAbstract
The article is a review of Norman Cutler’s Songs of Experience, which analyzes Tamil bhakti literature through linguistic nuance and theological sensitivity. The reviewer appreciates the book’s interdisciplinary richness and poetic translations, calling it a foundational work for both scholars and practitioners of Tamil devotion.
