Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation, Orient BlackSwan Private Limited, 9789390122578

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Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation

G.N. Devy (Editor)

Synopsis

Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation is a collection of essays by various scholars; the book traces out the Indian tradition of literary criticism. Students of Indian literature need to have access to India's critical tradition. This volume provides teachers, students, and scholars-in-the-making access to some of the key concepts and ideas in the Indian tradition of literary theory. It contains essays from Abhinavagupta, Dandin, Kuntaka, Jnanesvara, Khusrau, Ghalib, Tagore, Aurobindo as well as contemporary critics like Mardhekar, Matilal, Krishnamoorthy and Patankar. In doing so it brings together in one volume some of the most significant literary thinkers in the Indian tradition of the last two thousand years.

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About the author

G.N. Devy

G.N. Devy (b. 1950) was educated at Shivaji University, Kolhapur and the University of Leeds, U.K. Among his many academic assignments, he has held fellowships at Leeds and Yale Universities and has been a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow (1994-96). He was Professor of English at Maharaja Sayajrao University of Baroda (1992-96). His after Amnesia â€“ Tradition and Change in India Literary criticism (Orient Longman 1992 / 1995) was given the Sahitya Akademi Award for 1993. G.N. Devy was given the SAARC Writers Foundation Award 2001 for his contribution to Indian criticism.

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