A Comparative study of Sumitranandan pant's Pallav Pravesh and William Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads

A Comparative Analysis of Wordsworth and Pant

Abstract

In English, we have William Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1798), while in Hindi, wehave Sumitrandan Pant's Pallav Pravesh (1926). While Wordsworth and Coleridge departed from thenorm by proposing novel theories of poetry and poetic diction, Pant analyzed the patterns of his literaryforebears in great detail, finding common ground between the language of everyday speech and that ofpoetry. Poetry critics and anthologists praised both poets for their unique approaches to definingpoetry's role and purpose. While Wordsworth is widely recognized as the founder of Romanticism inworld literature, Pant is credited with pioneering the Hindi Chhayavad and providing fresh inspiration forHindi literature and theater. This article seeks to provide a summary of the reasons for and criticalresponses to the very lengthy introductions Preface and Pravesh.