Review: Imagery of Kalidasa by Dr. (Mrs.) Vinod Aggarwal

The concept of imagery is a western concept. As the author states —it is the vastu which is स्वतः संभवि कवि प्रौढ क्तिसिध्ध and कविनिवक्तृ fis imagery in Western Literature," (IX). That is the reason why the author explains the term 'imagery' from the Western point of view and applies it to Kalidasa. She gives

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अग्रवाल 'इमेजरी' को पाश्चात्य कोटि मानकर ग्यारह अध्यायों में कालिदास पर लागू करती हैं और अन्त में सांख्यिकीय सर्वेक्षण देती हैं। बेटाई वर्गीकरण को विस्तृत तथा वैज्ञानिक कहते हैं और मानते हैं कि कोई बिम्ब छूटा नहीं, किन्तु विवेचन वर्णनात्मक है और बिम्बों का हृदयस्पर्शी प्रभाव नहीं दिखाता। Aggarwal takes imagery as a Western category and applies it to Kālidāsa over eleven chapters, classifying every image and closing with a statistical survey. Betai finds the classification detailed and scientific and no image overlooked, but the analysis descriptive rather than showing how the images move a reader.

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