ABSTRACT
The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator. Edited by Kamalakar Bhat, this book brings together Prof Shivaprakash’s interventions in the realm of issues that are entwined with the continuities and discontinuities in the cultural negotiations of India. Distinctively, these are essays on subjects ranging from the nature and significance of medieval works of literature in India to issues arising out of developments in Indian aesthetics. The unfeigned magnitude of this work must be found among students and scholars, who will gain from it a perspective significantly different from the ones available in the prevailing academic discourses, thus indicating a way beyond poststructuralist/postmodernist frameworks.
This is a book that will interest a wide variety of readers with its engaging insights and breadth of reference especially because it is written in a comprehensible style.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|100 pages
The Bhakti World
chapter 3|6 pages
Transformations of the Hero in Medieval Indian Literatures
chapter 9|8 pages
What Were You Before I Knew Myself?
part II|40 pages
The Kannada World
chapter 12|9 pages
Migration of Karaga from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka
part III|58 pages
The World of Drama
part IV|64 pages
The World of Indian Cultures and Literatures