| ID | 175488 |
| Title Proper | LCD (Lowest Common Denominator) of Language |
| Other Title Information | the Materialist Poetry of Arun Kolatkar and R.K. Joshi |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nerlekar, Anjali |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The tumultuous politics of the post-Independence period in Bombay/Mumbai, and the creation of the linguistic states, released multiple and contradictory energies towards a re-examination of the Marathi language and its valence in linguistic, literary, social and cultural contexts. This essay employs the bilingual poetry of Arun Kolatkar and the Marathi-language poetry of R.K. Joshi to show the ways in which the sathottari poetry of Bombay engages with these socio-political questions of language and region by channelling the principles of concrete poetry and making the visual presence of the language (in its script, its lines, its presence on the page) a part of its meaning-making process. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 43, No.5; Oct 2020: p.943-969 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2020-10 43, 5 |
| Key Words | Print Culture ; Marathi ; Modernist Poetry ; Concrete Poetry ; Script ; Typography |