| Arvachin Kavita | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundaram'; |
| Title Orig: | અર્વાચીન કવિતા |
| Orig Lang Code: | gu |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Gujarati |
| Subject: | Gujarati poetry |
| Genre: | History of literature |
| Publisher: | Gujarat Vernacular Society |
| Pub Date: | 1946 |
| Awards: | Mahida Prize (1946) |
| Oclc: | 9732439 |
| External Url: | https://www.ekatrafoundation.org/p/arvachin-kavita |
Arvachin Kavita (in Gujarati pronounced as /ərvɑːtʃiːn kʌvɪtɑ/) is a 1946 critical work by Gujarati writer, poet and critic Tribhuvandas Luhar, pen-name 'Sundaram'. The book offers a historical and critical survey of modern Gujarati poetry from 1845 to 1945.[1]
As mentioned in the preface, Sundaram was asked by Gujarat Vernacular Society to write a history of Gujarati poetry written during 1845 to 1945.[2] Sundaram consulted the works of about 350 poets, and out of these he assessed 250 poets and their work in this book.[3] The book was first published in 1946. Its third edition was published in 1965 by Gujarat Vidhya Sabha.[1] [2]
The book presents an outline of the history of modern Gujarati poetry, and deals with the main currents of modern Gujarati poetry as it developed during a period of eighty years (1845–1945).[1] [4] The poems evaluated here are divided into two sections: new current and old current.[3]
The appendix includes information about translations from Sanskrit, English, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu; and about some collection of ghazals, folk-songs and devotional songs, Rasa, patriotic poems and songs. An index of books and authors is given at the end of the book.[1]
Since it publication, Arvachin Kavita remained as the most significant critical landmark of Gujarati literature. It has been described as 'classic' and 'monumental' work.[5] [6] [7] It was awarded Mahida Prize in 1946.[6]
Gujarati poet and critic Mansukhlal Jhaveri called it 'unique and unparalleled in Gujarati literature'.[4] Chandrakant Topiwala acclaimed the book and wrote that, "...this is a trustworthy historical study of modern Gujarati poetry conducted with close reading and careful analysis of the texts".[3] Babu Suthar, a critic of new generation, noted in one of his articles that Arvachin Kavita is a kind of history that satisfies the conditions of Encyclopedic history and Narrative history.[2]
. Mansukhlal Jhaveri. History of Gujarati Literature. 1978. Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi. 196. 462837743.