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About the BookThe modern movement in Kannada saw not only the birth of a new creative literature but also the rise of a new critical outlook. Among the pioneers of the new criticism. S.V. Ranganna occupies a highly honoured place. Combining wide and deep scholarship in Kannada, English and Sanskrit with keen sensibility, well-defined critical procedures and independent judgement, Ranganna assessed the achievements of the major poets of Kannada over a period of thousand years, wrote a substantial volume on European tragedy and attempted a revaluation of Kalidasa. Declaring the text to be the sole arbiter in all literary discussion and objective analysis as the only reliable critical tool, Ranganna called the critics to their true vocation of proper judgement and warned them against the pitfalls of immoderate praise and inconsiderate censure. His own works provide the finest examples of academic criticism at its best.About the AuthorN. Balasubrahmanya, (b.1926) retired as Professor of English from the Mysore University. Has translated Aristotle’s Poetics, Horace’s Ars Poetica, Longinus’ On the Sublime and Sadananda’s Vedantasara into Kannada and edited the Amarakosha. At present Chief-Editor of the English-Kannada Dictionary (Revised Edition) being published by the Mysore University.
