Glimpses of Indian Poetices

Author: Satya Dev ChoudharyPublisher: Sahitya AkademiYear: 2002Language: multilingualPages: 243ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126014083 DescriptionGlimpses of India Poetics, containing 21 essays, would furnish a valuable material on the subject. The book presented in clear and lucid expression and style is studded with authentic quotations and appropriate illustrations. The essay ‘A Survey of Sanskrit (Indian) Poetics provides the readers a wide panorama of the history of the subject of about one and half millennium. The definition of Poetry, of course, cannot be presented in well-knit, accurate and precise from. The author agrees with the definition put forth by Jagannatha, though with some modification as Hindi. The essay the Soul (Essence) of Poetry deals with the topic in much detail and dhvani has been designated as the soul of poetry. The Nature of Aesthetic pleasure and sadharanikarana (The theory of Generalization) expressing a marvelous substance about what the poetic delectation i