... a significant contribution to the field... great insight, learning, and clarity. -- George Hart III, University of California, BerkeleyA master's hand is behind this volume. -- Religious Studies Review... eminently readable... artfully explains the initial spirit and modern understanding of Tamil bhakti poetry... -- Pacific AffairsNorman Cutler's major achievement in Songs of Experience is the new critical perspective he provides on bhakti poetry. -- The Journal of ReligionCutler reveals the link between Tamil poetry and religion. His fluent translations make the poems -- songs of the experience of God -- live for us as they did for their first audience nearly fifteen centuries ago.