A student of literary aesthetics has to be both a literary critic and a rasika, an ardentfan. Otherwise his studies are bound to be dry, academic exercises. Dr. Deshpande had a sharp critical faculty combined with a poetic sensibility.
He was also a master of classical Sanskrit philosophy, aesthetics and literature. This gives his analysis a depth and an innovation which will delight the reader. His acclaimed works have never bored readers with rhetoric but invited readers on a journey of discovery.
Since literature holds up a mirror to society it is natural that strands of spirituality, philosophy and other disciplines get entwined in a critical study of literary aesthetics. A holistic approach for studying this ancient art cannot be ignored. For example when studying concepts like Alankar Rosa or Dhwani one can only arrive at their real meaning by tracing their historical development through two thousand years. Because the same concepts have meant different things at different times. Most studies have been lacking in such approach and this book hopes to fill that gap.
This book deals with the different schools of thought poetics and concepts. These concepts very relevant contemporary studies in literature.
This work so far available in Marathi and its Hindi translation has now been made available in English by the painstaking efforts of Prof. Jayant Paranjpe.
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