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How to Write an English Ghazal

This is a brief description on how to write or not write an English ghazal with its rules and regulations and do's and don'ts.

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How to Write an English Ghazal

This is a brief description on how to write or not write an English ghazal with its rules and regulations and do's and don'ts.

All About Imagery

The kinds of Imagery used in Poetry - there are more than the known five based on the five senses, that you can use. Here is a brief kind of rule of the thumb. % %

Tyger Tyger

What matters is the soul and spirit of the "Tyger" and not its brawn, to Blake. An indepth study of the iconic poem by Dr AV Koshy.

Lectures on Literary Criticism – V (Italy and Dante)

The contribution of Italy and Dante to literature and literary criticism cannot be negated. Literature is studied here from a Eurocentric base.

A Digression

This article compares and uses Sanskrit and Dravidian Indian literary criticism with Grecian criticism on English texts, with examples from India mixed in too.

Classical Criticism – A Peek into Roman Criticism

Roman criticism and poetry influenced great writers like James Joyce and Ezra Pound and although not as reputed as the critiques of Plato and Aristotle, continues to be a beacon for most masters of literature.

Notes on Literary Criticism – Part III

Dr Ampat Koshy analyses the words used in Greek for their category of four loves. It later became part of the Western world view too, through Christianity.

Notes on Literary Criticism – Part II

Notes on Literary Criticism: Plato’s opinion regarding a text was that it should be didactic. It should instruct society. But Aristotle questioned Plato’s opinions.

Notes On Literary Criticism by Dr A V Koshy

The whole concept of literary criticism arises, maybe, out of a question: On what basis do we judge a book/text as being better than another book/text?

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