The Poetry of T.V. Reddy: A Critical Study of Humanistic Concerns

by T. Vasudeva Reddy, P. V. Laxmiprasad (Editor)

Overview

Join us on a poetic journey to the soul of India.

The Poetry of T.V. Reddy is grounded in human struggles and unrest, social as well as psychological and depicts the varied shades of restlessness that is the order of modern times. He protests against the social ills and evils in a gripping way in his absorbing poetry. He paints his experiences in a characteristic choice diction and the different images that he has carved out of human life and nature make a deep impression on the minds of the readers and linger there. The poet takes the readers into the soul of India, the villages and rural life which are the backbone of the country-that speaks volumes of his commitment to rural element and makes people come alive in his poetry. Natural rhyme and rhythm of the poems creates the pleasing melody. Clarity of thought and lucidity of expression, splendid imagery and marvelous melody are the hallmarks of his poetry. -- Dr. P.V. Laxmiprasad, Editor

T.V. Reddy is not only a poet of highly perceptive temperament but also an accomplished critic and novelist. His awesome ingenious insight into the purpose and meaning of life in a perceptive and intuitive way leads the reader to the invisible force meticulously driving the point that the spiritual region lying within a man offers solace, harmony and consolation par excellence. For Reddy often finds strong affinity in Indian soil and here, rural backdrop inspires him to cultivate niceties of life where rural-oriented background turns out religious for him.-- P.C.K. Prem, Authoritative critic on Indian English Poetry from Himachal Paradesh, India

T.V. Reddy's poems have the earthly smear of sweat and blood. Images crystallized, come alive in subtle but strong words gaining a permanent place in the hearts of the readers. His pen moves carving lasting images in a simple and straight form without any pompous gimmicks in the name of modern craft. His art of highlighting even tiny specks into gigantic monuments and the quality of lyrical writing gives a sense of exhilaration bringing the varied themes alive before our eyes elevating the soul to a higher consciousness. T.V. Reddy is a poet in the true sense, who gives us the best of the poetry in Indian English. -- D.H. Kabadi, from his review of Melting Melodies in Poetcrit

T.V. Reddy is a skilled poet who handles thoughts that compel recognition. He deals with wide-ranging themes that are sensitively sketched. While many poems capture common human tendencies and susceptibilities, vanities and vagaries with a sharp realist eye, there are some that move on to the dramatization of a grander perspective of eternity intruding into time to seek to redeem it of its ravages. -- Prof. C.R.Visveswar Rao, Former Vice Chancellor, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore, A.P., India; and currently the Chairman, Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies (ISCS), New Delhi

Dr. P.V.Laxmiprasad offers a brief historical analysis of Indian English Poetry. After introducing the poets from the pre-independent and post-independent eras, he places T.V. Reddy among the contemporary Indian poets like D.H. Kabadi, I.K. Sharma, I.H. Rizvi, T.V. Reddy, DC Chambial, PCK Prem, R.K. Bhushan, R.K. Singh and others. What differentiates Reddy from the other poets is his emphasis on rural life. In other words, he is very much rooted in his origins. As a poet, T.V. Reddy can cover a wide range of issues in his poems spanning from personal to social. The book contains thirty research papers written by scholars across the country. -- Dr. Purabi Goswami, Lecturer in English, Handique Girls College, Assam, India

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615993710
Publisher:	Modern History Press
Publication date:	03/17/2018
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr. P.V. Laxmiprasad is an active academician, an avid researcher, a literary critic, and a resource person. A teacher with two decades of experience, he is the author and editor of 10 published books in English Literature. He is widely published in journals, books and anthologies. His publications speak of his outstanding credentials and long-standing commitment to English literature. Overall, he has 300 publications to his credit. He has passion for music and literature. He is working in the Department of English, Satavahana University, Karimangar, Telanagana, India. His published books: • Exploring New Horizons: Myriad Dimensions in the Poetry of Manas Bakshi, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2017 • The Poetry of I.K.Sharma : New Tracks and Literary Swings, Authors Press, New Delhi,2017 • The Spirit of Age and Ideas in the Novels of PCK Prem, Authors Press, New Delhi,2016 • Critical Readings on the Fictional World of Manju Kapur, Aadi Publications, Jaipur,2016 • The Heterogeneity of Story Writing: A Critical Evaluation of Eight Indian Short Story Writers in English, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2015 • Mapping Thematic Variations: The Poetry of DC Chambial, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2015 • An Anthology of Criticism on Six Indian English Poets, Sarup Publications Pvt Limited, New Delhi,2015 • Introspective Voyager: A Collection of Critical Essays on the Poetry of K.V.Raghupathi, Authors Press, New Delhi,2014 • The Philosophical Muse: Perspectives on the Poetry of K.V.Raghupathi (Critical Book of Essays), APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2012 • Universal Witness ( Poetry Collection in English) Thematic Publications, Latur, M.S., 2012

T. Vasudeva Reddy (1943 -) is a retired Principal and formerly U.G.C (University Grants Commission) National Fellow and Visiting Professor in English from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, is a poet, novelist and critic in English. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies in India and abroad. He has authored twelve collections of poems, two novels and three critical works. His poems have appeared in French journals in Paris and in a recent anthology in Canada. Many critical articles and research dissertations have appeared on his poetry. He is now Hon.President of GIEWEC (Guild of Indian English Writers Editors and Critics). His poems are translated in many languages.

Table of Contents

Preface iii

1 – Angst of an Aging Heart: Surveillance of Subjectivity in the Select Poems of T.V. Reddy's Golden Veil by Sheeba S. Nair 1

2 – Wails of Grief and Waves of Peace in T.V. Reddy’s Quest for Peace by D. Gnanasekaran 7

3 – T. Vasudeva Reddy, the Poet in his Poetry: A Study of Golden Veil by DC Chambial 13

4 – Speaking through Images: A critical Study of T. V. Reddy’s Poetry by Abida Farooqui 22

5 – Chronicles of Life and Times: Exploring T.V. Reddy’s Poetry by C.A. Assif 27

6 – A Critical Exploration of the Pastoral Panorama of T. V. Reddy’s Poetry by K. Padmaja 33

7 – Rainbow or Mirage? Life beyond and behind Golden Veil by Santosh Ajit Singh 41

8 – Exploring the ‘Ultimate Truth’: A Study of Golden Veil by T.V. Reddy by Vijaya Babu, Koganti 50

9 – Poetry as Social Commentary: A Thematic Study of T. Vasudeva Reddy’s Quest for Peace by Arabati Pradeep Kumar 56

10 – Portrayal of Nature in T.V. Reddy’s Melting Melodies: A Study by Palakurthy Dinakar 66

11 – Poet as Man Speaking to Men: An Appreciation of T. V. Reddy’s Melting Melodies by S. Karthik Kumar 74

12 – T.V. Reddy: A Study of his Poem “Life is a Desert” by D.C. Chambial 81

13. A Critical Study of T.V. Reddy’s Thousand Haiku Pearls by G. Srilatha 85

14 – A Collage of Random Images: The Abysmal, the Angst and the Social Responsibility in T.V. Reddy’s Poems by Anju S Nair 94

15 – Rapturous Notes of Melancholy in T. V. Reddy’s When Grief Rains by S. Malathy 100

16 – T.V. Reddy’s Gliding Ripples –An Overview by Lily Arul Sharmila 106

17 – Social Consciousness in the Poetry of T.V. Reddy’s Golden Veil by V. Suganthi 112

18 – Nature, a Healing Heaven: An Ecological Reading of T.V. Reddy’s Golden Veil by R. Janatha Kumari 118

19 – Ecological Concerns in T.V. Reddy’s collection of poems The Broken Rhythms by Sr. Candy D Cunha 125

20 – Echoes of Native Ethos: A Study of Indian Sensibility in T. V. Reddy’s Echoes by Gobinda Sahoo 130

21 – Manifestations of a Fractured Soul in T. V. Reddy’s Pensive Memories by J.S. Divya Sree 137

22 – T.V. Reddy’s Quest for Peace and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: A Comparative Study by Poonam Dwivedi 142

23 – Nature: “Fairest Eve in Eden” in T.V. Reddy's Thousand Haiku Pearls by K. Rajamouly 159

24 – Social Consciousness in T.V. Reddy’s poem Quest for Peace by Neelam K. Sharma 171

25 – India Seen through the Eyes of T.V. Reddy: A Study of The Broken Rhythms by Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya 176

26 – Poetic Iridescence of T.V. Reddy by A.K. Choudhary 184

27 – The Vicissitudes of Life: A Critical Analysis of Fleeting Bubbles by Prasaja VP

Editorial Reviews

T.V. Reddy is not only a poet of highly perceptive temperament but also an accomplished critic and novelist. His awesome ingenious insight into the purpose and meaning of life in a perceptive and intuitive way leads the reader to the invisible force meticulously driving the point that the spiritual region lying within a man offers solace, harmony and consolation par excellence. For Reddy often finds strong affinity in Indian soil and here, rural backdrop inspires him to cultivate niceties of life where rural-oriented background turns out religious for him.

-- P.C.K. Prem, Authoritative critic on Indian English Poetry from Himachal Paradesh, India

T.V. Reddy’s poems have the earthly smear of sweat and blood. Images crystallized, come alive in subtle but strong words gaining a permanent place in the hearts of the readers. His pen moves carving lasting images in a simple and straight form without any pompous gimmicks in the name of modern craft. His art of highlighting even tiny specks into gigantic monuments and the quality of lyrical writing gives a sense of exhilaration bringing the varied themes alive before our eyes elevating the soul to a higher consciousness. T.V. Reddy is a poet in the true sense, who gives us the best of the poetry in Indian English.

-- D.H. Kabadi, from his review of Melting Melodies in Poetcrit

T.V. Reddy is a skilled poet who handles thoughts that compel recognition. He deals with wide ranging themes that are sensitively sketched. While many poems capture common human tendencies and susceptibilities, vanities and vagaries with a sharp realist eye, there are some that move on to the dramatization of a grander perspective of eternity intruding into time to seek to redeem it of its ravages.

-- Prof. C.R.Visveswar Rao, Former Vice Chancellor, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore, A.P., India; and currently the Chairman, Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies (ISCS) , New Delhi

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