The Flaming Tongue - Hardcover

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Language: English
Pages: 240






















From the Jaket

 

Uriya
Nalage The Flaming Tongue is a collection of essays by Kirtinath Kurtkoti which
has received Sahitya Akademi award for 1995, covers a broad range of subjects
from mythology and aesthetics. The author critically re evaluates their inter
disciplinary import. For its intensive research, stimulating analysis and
extremely rewarding insights Uriya Nalage is a significant attribution to
Indian Critical literature.

 

Drawing from his rich experience as a Professor
of English and intimacy with at least five literatures-English, Kannada,
Sanskrit, Marathi and Gujarati-he made incisive analysis of what has now come
to be known as cultural studies-he subjected even the most apparent to its
deep cultural roots and unearthed astonishing truths. He wrote a series of articles
for a leading Newspapers in Kannada and these articles were published in the
book form. The first of these titled Uriya Nalage won the prestigious Sahitya
Akademi award in 1995. This includes articles on the semiotics of performances
such as the Yaksha-Gana, the nature of truth, the concrete and the abstract and
also discusses certain intriguing texts which are not well known.

 

He has published 25 books including works of
erudite criticism like Navya Kavya Prayoga, Sanskriti Spandana, Kan n ad a Sahitya
Sangati and Tradition of Sanskrit Drama (in English) four plays and eight
volumes of edited research works. He received the Karnataka Sahitya Academy
Award (Twice) and Sahitya Akademi Translati

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