''Trishanku'' () is a 1945 collection of
reflective essays in
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
language by the Indian writer Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (pen name
Agyeya), that mostly deals with the concept of Indian and Western poetics.
Background
''Trishanku'' was Agyeya's first collection of essays that had been published in various literary journals at different times. It contains 16 essay.
It was reprinted in 1973 by Soorya Prakashan Mandir.
Contents
Agyeya belongs to
Psychoanalytic
PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: and is a set of theories and techniques of research to discover unconscious processes and their influence on conscious thought, emotion and behaviour. Based on dream interpretation, psychoanalysis is also a talk the ...
school of literary criticism.
Influenced by the theories of
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud ( ; ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating psychopathology, pathologies seen as originating fro ...
,
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler ( ; ; 7 February 1870 – 28 May 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of belonging, relationships within the family, a ...
and
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biography''. New York: Oxford University ...
, the volume has seven essays on theoretical and general subjects: "Sanskriti aur Paristhiti", "Kala Ka Swabhav aur Uddeshya", "Rudhi aur Maulikata" ("Tradition and Originali"), "Puran aur Sanskriti", "Paristhiti aur Sahityakar", "Sankrantikal Ki Kuchh Samasyayen" and "Chetana Ka Sansar". The volume has an appendix in six parts, which contains practical criticism of medieval and modern Hindi writings: "Keshav Ki Kavitai", "Char Natak", "Ek Bhoomika", "Do Phool", "Adhunik Kavi Mahadevi Verma" and "Vagartha Pratipattaye".
Agyeya described "Rudhi aur Maulikata" as a free translation of Eliot's "
Tradition and the Individual Talent
"Tradition and the Individual Talent" (1919) is an essay written by poet and literary critic T. S. Eliot. The essay was first published in '' The Egoist'' (1919) and later in Eliot's first book of criticism, ''The Sacred Wood'' (1920). The e ...
".
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Reception
Due to Agyeya's treatment of subject and the freshness of his expression, ''Trishanku'' is considered a milestone in the development of Hindi critical writings.
References
External links
* {{Internet Archive, id=in.ernet.dli.2015.263893
Works by Agyeya
1945 non-fiction books