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purpose of my present discussion, hearts of his readers with the nectar
commercial literature does not come of poetic sentiments and has excelled
under its purview and has been himself as a unique creator of new
deliberately excluded. The commercial literature. Even his own latter poetic
literature has the only and principal aim contributions composed on items
of giving publicity to a particular embracing nationalist or theistic
principle or standard among the people consciousness don't stand to compete
and invite their attention to the same. with his poetic genius expressed in
But by literature, what we generally Dhupa. In my opinion, the principal
mean and understand is not linked with cause of such deterioration is that he
any advertisement or propaganda. It is subsequently wanted to create
of course natural that the reader is literature to suit to the then
influenced, guided and moulded by the contemporary ideas and to establish
literary ideas of the writer as these are himself as a famous poet. This has
inseparable from his contributions. But stood in the way of creating epoch
it is to be remembered that the novelty, making literature in his latter days.
speciality or uniqueness and pictoriality Certain reformative ideas,
in the style of literary contributions are philosophical grandeur, religious
quite personal to the creator. Besides theories and high moral ideals cannot
this, to enthrill the hearts of the readers make their inventors great poets. The
by expressing his ideas or to instill a poet of Dhupa, Mansingh, in his later
sense of sympathy or empathy in their life turned out, in repentance as it were,
hearts or to enthuse them anew and to be out and out abnormally addicted
issue counsels from the chair of to morals and ideals. But judged from
instructors or directors are not quite the standpoint of literature, his poem,
the same thing. I am therefore of the 'Dhupa' alone would remain as an
humble opinion that there is no direct immortal literary creation even if it be
relation between literature and morality. untraditional in any sense.
Let us now try to understand this Not only acceptance or agreement
position taking the help of certain but regimentation, revolution, renovation
examples. The famous romantic poet and reawakening are noticeable in
Mansingh has quite boldly given up all literature. Departure from tradition and
traditional moral impositions and cried creating new encyclopaedia for finding
out in a sentimental down-pour in his new meanings, new uses and new
'Sin and Love', of Dhupa, an anthology forms is more covetable than mere
of poems. blind attachment to tradition.
Here the question in regard to The above spirit is also echoed in
vice-virtue distinction does not at all the literature of contemporary ultra-
arise; rather love, seer love, has made modern poets like Sachi Rautray and
the poet lose his own self in ecstasy many others. Poet Rautray's
and exuberance and such similar revolutionary ideas in his famous
sentiments have also been let loose in 'Pandulipi' would be treated as anti-
the hearts of the readers. In another social and irreligious in any
poem 'The Penance of the Beloved' conservative society.
collected under the said anthology, the Besides this, the poet has not
same tradition-free ideas have been spared even the age-old famous artistic
nurtured. If not acceptable from the and sculptural black pagoda, 'Konark'
standpoint of conservative social from his revolutionary attack to break
inhibitions of tradition, poet Mansingh down the traditional values.
has been successful in inundating the ( ) Page 21)
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