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999			_c962 _d962
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082			_a891.21 Su164 A _b100919
100			_aA.V. Subramanian
245			_aThe Aesthetics of Wonder : New Findings in Sanskrit Alankarasastra
250			_a1st ed.
260			_a1988 _bMotilal Banarsidass Publishers _c1988
300			_a222
500			_aThis little work has been done on the aesthetics of wonder, the writers on Sanskrit poetics have had little to say about this most attractive sensation. This work examines, in great depth, the excitants of the sense of wonder and the various purposes for which poets harness it and presents the concepts, for the first time in the history of Sanskrit aesthetics, embellished with delectable examples drawn from the whole of Sanskrit literature. The crowning achievement of the author is the startlingly new discovery about the nature and the role played by wonder which will revolutionize the existing concept of the sensation The most attractive and unusual feature of the book is the high readability achieved through a scintillating style of presentation distinguished by sparkling wit and humour. An epoch-making book which scholars and lay lovers of literature alike would love to read.
650			_aSanskrit poetry
650			_aWonder in literature
650			_aPoetics
650			_aLiterature Aesthetics
942			_cBK