Sri Aurobindo

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Part 1. Poetry and its Creation
Section 1. The Sources of Poetry
Poetic Creation
Three Elements of Poetic Creation
Creation by the Word
Creative Power and the Human Instrument [1]
Creative Power and the Human Instrument [2]
Joy of Poetic Creation
Essence of Inspiration
Inspiration and Effort [1]
Inspiration and Effort [2]
Inspiration and Effort [3]
Aspiration, Opening, Recognition [1]
Aspiration, Opening, Recognition [2]
Self-criticism [1]
Self-criticism [2]
Self-criticism [3]
Correction by Second Inspiration
Sources of Inspiration
Sources of Inspiration and Variety [1]
Sources of Inspiration and Variety [2]
Poetry of the Material or Physical Consciousness [1]
Poetry of the Material or Physical Consciousness [2]
Poetry of the Material or Physical Consciousness [3]
Poetry of the Vital World [1]
Poetry of the Vital World [2]
Poetry of the Vital World [3]
The World of Word-Music
Mental and Vital Poetry
Poetic Intelligence and Dynamic Sight
Poetic Eloquence
Overhead Poetry
Higher Mind and Poetic Intelligence
Higher Mind and Inner Mind
Poetic Intelligence and Illumined Mind
Poetry of the Illumined Mind and of the Intuition
Overmind Touch [1]
Overmind Touch [2]
Overmind Rhythm and Inspiration
The Mantra
The Overmind and Aesthetics
The Overmind Aesthesis
Examples of Overhead Poetry
Evaluations of 1932 – 1935 [1]
Evaluations of 1932 – 1935 [2]
Evaluations of 1932 – 1935 [3]
Evaluations of 1932 – 1935 [4]
Evaluations of 1932 – 1935 [5]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [1]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [2]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [3]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [4]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [5]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [6]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [7]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [8]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [9]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [10]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [11]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [12]
Evaluations of 1934 – 1937 [13]
Bengali Overhead Poetry
Overhead Poetry: Re-evaluations of 1946
Section 2. The Poetry of the Spirit
Psychic, Mystic and Spiritual Poetry
Inspiration from the Illumined Mind and from the Psychic
Psychic and Overhead Inspiration [1]
Psychic and Overhead Inspiration [2]
Psychic and Overhead Inspiration [3]
Psychic and Esoteric Poetry [1]
Psychic and Esoteric Poetry [2]
Mystic Poetry [1]
Mystic Poetry [2]
Mystic Poetry [3]
Mystic Poetry [4]
The Aim of the Mystic Poet
Symbolism and Allegory [1]
Symbolism and Allegory [2]
Symbolic Poetry and Mystic Poetry
Some Mystic Symbols [1]
Some Mystic Symbols [2]
Some Mystic Symbols [3]
Some Mystic Symbols [4]
Some Problems in Writing Mystic Poetry
Repetition of Images in Mystic Poetry
Mystic Poetry and Spiritual Poetry
Spiritual Poetry [1]
Spiritual Poetry [2]
Use of “High Light” Words in Spiritual Poetry
Spiritual Poetry in India
Poet, Yogi, Rishi, Prophet, Genius
The Poet, the Yogi and the Rishi [1]
The Poet, the Yogi and the Rishi [2]
The Poet, the Yogi and the Rishi [3]
The Poet, the Yogi and the Rishi [4]
The Poet and the Prophet
The Poet and the Verse Writer [1]
The Poet and the Verse Writer [2]
The “Born” Poet [1]
The “Born” Poet [2]
Poetic Genius [1]
Poetic Genius [2]
Genius [1]
Genius [2]
The Poet and the Poem
Power of Expression and Spiritual Experience
Experience and Imagination
Poetic Expression and Personal Feeling [1]
Poetic Expression and Personal Feeling [2]
Poetic Expression and Personal Feeling [3]
The Two Parts of the Poetic Creator
Personal Character and Creative Work
Literary Style and Hereditary Influences
Life-Experience and Literary Creation [1]
Life-Experience and Literary Creation [2]
The Illusion of Realism
Section 3. Poetic Technique
Technique, Inspiration, Artistry
Inspiration and Technique
Knowledge of Technique and Intuitive Cognition
Artistry of Technique [1]
Artistry of Technique [2]
Artistry of Technique [3]
Art for Art’s Sake
Rhythm
Two Factors in Poetic Rhythm [1]
Two Factors in Poetic Rhythm [2]
Rhythmical Overtones and Undertones
Rhythm and Significance
English Metre and Rhythm
English Metres
Octosyllabic Metre
Iambic Pentameter
Blank Verse
Blank Verse Technique [1]
Blank Verse Technique [2]
Blank Verse Technique [3]
Blank Verse Technique [4]
The Alexandrine
The Loose Alexandrine
The Caesura
Some Questions of Scansion [1]
Some Questions of Scansion [2]
Some Questions of Scansion [3]
Iambics and Anapaests — Free Verse
The Problem of Free Verse
Prose Poetry and Free Verse
Greek and Latin Classical Metres
Acclimatisation of Classical Metres in English
The Hexameter in English
Hexameters, Alcaics, Sapphics
Quantitative Metre in English and Bengali
English Quantitative Verse — Rhythm in English and Bengali
Bengali and English Quantitative Poetry [1]
Bengali and English Quantitative Poetry [2]
English Prosody and Bengali Metrics
Metrical Experiments in Bengali
New Metres in Bengali [1]
New Metres in Bengali [2]
New Metres in Bengali [3]
Quantitative Metre in Bengali
Quantity in Classical and Modern Languages
Akṣara-vṛtta and Mātrā-vṛtta
Mātrā-vṛtta [1]
Mātrā-vṛtta [2]
Mātrā-vṛtta and Laghu-guru
Laghu-guru [1]
Laghu-guru [2]
Gadya-chanda
Rhyme
Rhyme and Inspiration
Imperfect Rhymes [1]
Imperfect Rhymes [2]
Imperfect Rhymes [3]
Imperfect Rhymes [4]
English Poetic Forms
The Sonnet — Regular and Irregular Rhyme Schemes
Sonnet and Satire
The Ode
The Ballad
Poem and Song [1]
Poem and Song [2]
Poem and Song [3]
Nursery Rhymes and Folk Songs
Substance, Style, Diction
Form and Substance
Richness of Image [1]
Richness of Image [2]
Richness of Image [3]
Richness of Image [4]
Conceit [1]
Conceit [2]
Oxymoron
Simplicity and Condensation [1]
Simplicity and Condensation [2]
Bareness and Ruggedness
Nobility and Grandeur [1]
Nobility and Grandeur [2]
Austerity and Exuberance [1]
Austerity and Exuberance [2]
Austerity and Exuberance [3]
Sentimentality and Clichés [1]
Sentimentality and Clichés [2]
Undignified Words
Sensuousness and Vulgarity
Erotic Poetry
Poetry and Philosophy [1]
Poetry and Philosophy [2]
Poetry and Philosophy [3]
Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style
Grades of Perfection in Poetry [1]
Grades of Perfection in Poetry [2]
Grades of Perfection and Planes of Inspiration [1]
Grades of Perfection and Planes of Inspiration [2]
Examples of Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style
Examples from Classical and Mediaeval Writers [1]
Examples from Classical and Mediaeval Writers [2]
Examples from Amal Kiran and Sri Aurobindo [1]
Examples from Amal Kiran and Sri Aurobindo [2]
Examples from Amal Kiran and Sri Aurobindo [3]
Examples from Amal Kiran and Sri Aurobindo [4]
Examples from Amal Kiran and Sri Aurobindo [5]
Examples from Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Examples from Nirodbaran
Section 4. Translation
Theory
Literalness and Freedom [1]
Literalness and Freedom [2]
Translation of Prose into Poetry
Practice
Remarks on Some Translations [1]
Remarks on Some Translations [2]
Remarks on Some Translations [3]
Remarks on Some Translations [4]
Remarks on Some Translations [5]
Remarks on Some Translations [6]
The English Bible

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 1. On His Poetry and Poetic Method
Inspiration, Effort, Development
Writing and Rewriting [1]
Writing and Rewriting [2]
Writing and Rewriting [3]
Writing and Rewriting [4]
Writing and Rewriting [5]
Writing and Rewriting [6]
Pressure of Creative Formation
Inspiration and the Silent Mind [1]
Inspiration and the Silent Mind [2]
Reading, Yogic Force and the Development of Style [1]
Reading, Yogic Force and the Development of Style [2]
Reading, Yogic Force and the Development of Style [3]
Reading, Yogic Force and the Development of Style [4]
Old Forms into New Shapes
Exceeding Past Formulas
Early Poetic Influences
Influences on Love and Death
General Influences on His Early Poetry
On Early Translations and Poems
Translation of the Meghadut
The Hero and the Nymph and Urvasie
Love and Death, Urvasie and The Hero and the Nymph
The Hero and the Nymph and Baji Prabhou
Urvasie
Love and Death [1]
Love and Death [2]
Chitrangada [1]
Chitrangada [2]
Chitrangada [3]
Ilion
On Poems Published in Ahana and Other Poems
On Two Translations of Revelation [1]
On Two Translations of Revelation [2]
On Two Translations of The Vedantin’s Prayer [1]
On Two Translations of The Vedantin’s Prayer [2]
On a Translation of God
On a Word in In the Moonlight
James Cousins on In the Moonlight and The Rishi [1]
James Cousins on In the Moonlight and The Rishi [2]
Metrical Experiments
The Genesis of In Horis Aeternum [1]
The Genesis of In Horis Aeternum [2]
The Genesis of Winged with dangerous deity
The Genesis of Moon of Two Hemispheres
The Genesis of O pall of black Night
The Genesis of Thought the Paraclete and Rose of God
On Some Poems Written during the 1930s
On Some Poems Written during the 1930s
The Bird of Fire
Replies to Questions on The Bird of Fire [1]
Replies to Questions on The Bird of Fire [2]
Replies to Questions on The Bird of Fire [3]
Replies to Questions on Trance [1]
Replies to Questions on Trance [2]
Replies to Questions on Trance [3]
The Metre of Trance [1]
The Metre of Trance [2]
The Metre of Trance [3]
The Metre of Trance [4]
On Some Words in The Life Heavens [1]
On Some Words in The Life Heavens [2]
Tagore and The Life Heavens [1]
Tagore and The Life Heavens [2]
On Bengali Translations of Shiva and Jivanmukta [1]
On Bengali Translations of Shiva and Jivanmukta [2]
In Horis Aeternum and The Bird of Fire
On a Bengali Translation of In Horis Aeternum [1]
On a Bengali Translation of In Horis Aeternum [2]
On a Review of Six Poems [1]
On a Review of Six Poems [2]
On a Word in Nirvana
On an Image in Moon of Two Hemispheres
Thought the Paraclete [1]
Thought the Paraclete [2]
Thought the Paraclete [3]
Rose of God
Overhead Inspiration in Some Poems of the 1930s [1]
Overhead Inspiration in Some Poems of the 1930s [2]
A General Comment on the Poems of the 1930s
On Savitri
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [1]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [2]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [3]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [4]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [5]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [6]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [7]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [8]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1931 – 1936 [9]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [1]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [2]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [3]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [4]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [5]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [6]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [7]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [8]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [9]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [10]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [11]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [12]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [13]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1936 – 1937 [14]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1938 [1]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1938 [2]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1938 [3]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1938 [4]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1938 [5]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1945 – 1948 [1]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1945 – 1948 [2]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1945 – 1948 [3]
On the Composition of the Poem. Letters of 1945 – 1948 [4]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [1]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [2]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [3]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [4]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [5]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [6]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [7]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [8]
On the Inspiration and Writing of the Poem [9]
On the Characters of the Poem [1]
On the Characters of the Poem [2]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [1]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [2]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [3]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [4]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [5]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [6]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [7]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [8]
On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [9]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [1]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [2]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [3]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [4]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [5]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [6]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [7]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [8]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [9]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [10]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [11]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [12]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [13]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [14]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [15]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [16]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [17]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [18]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [19]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [20]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [21]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [22]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [23]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [24]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [25]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [26]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [27]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [28]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [29]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [30]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [31]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [32]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [33]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [34]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [35]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [36]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [37]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [38]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [39]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [40]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [41]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [42]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [43]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [44]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [45]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [46]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [47]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [48]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [49]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [50]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [51]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [52]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [53]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [54]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [55]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [56]
Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [57]
General Comments on. Some Criticisms of the Poem [1]
General Comments on. Some Criticisms of the Poem [2]
General Comments on. Some Criticisms of the Poem [3]
General Comments on. Some Criticisms of the Poem [4]
General Comments on. Some Criticisms of the Poem [5]
General Comments on. Some Criticisms of the Poem [6]
Comments on Some Remarks by a Critic
[1]
[2]
On the Publication of His Poetry
The Question of Publication
On an Early Publication Proposal
A Selection of Short Poems
On Two Proposals to Publish Love and Death in England [1]
On Two Proposals to Publish Love and Death in England [2]
On Two Other Publication Proposals [1]
On Two Other Publication Proposals [2]
Section 2. On Poets and Poetry
Great Poets of the World
The World’s Greatest Poets [1]
The World’s Greatest Poets [2]
The World’s Greatest Poets [3]
The World’s Greatest Poets [4]
Epic Greatness and Sublimity
Remarks on Individual Poets
The Author of the Bhagavad Gita
Catullus and Horace
Virgil
Dante [1]
Dante [2]
Dante and Milton
Marlowe
Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Donne
Blake [1]
Blake [2]
Wordsworth
Wordsworth and Keats
Keats and Shelley [1]
Keats and Shelley [2]
Tennyson [1]
Tennyson [2]
Tennyson and Wilde
Browning
Baudelaire [1]
Baudelaire [2]
Baudelaire [3]
Mallarmé [1]
Mallarmé [2]
Heredia and Swinburne
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Rabindranath Tagore [1]
Rabindranath Tagore [2]
Rabindranath Tagore [3]
Rabindranath Tagore [4]
Comments on Some Examples of Western Poetry (up to 1900)
Catullus [1]
Catullus [2]
Virgil, Shakespeare, Hugo
Shakespeare [1]
Shakespeare [2]
Shakespeare [3]
Shakespeare [4]
Shakespeare [5]
Shakespeare [6]
Milton
Coleridge [1]
Coleridge [2]
Coleridge [3]
Swinburne [1]
Swinburne [2]
Swinburne [3]
Swinburne [4]
Swinburne [5]
Mallarmé
Heredia
Samain and Flecker
Hopkins and Kipling
George Santayana
Fiona Macleod
Twentieth-Century Poetry
Georgian Poetry
Early Twentieth-Century English Poetry
Housman, Watson, Hardy, Bridges
Chesterton [1]
Chesterton [2]
Chesterton [3]
Yeats and the Occult
Yeats and A. E. [1]
Yeats and A. E. [2]
A. E.
Abercrombie
Lawrence [1]
Lawrence [2]
Lawrence [3]
Lawrence [4]
Lawrence [5]
Lawrence [6]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [1]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [2]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [3]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [4]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [5]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [6]
The Poetry of the 1930s and 1940s [7]
Surrealism [1]
Surrealism [2]
Surrealism [3]
Surrealism [4]
Comments on Examples of Twentieth-Century Poetry
W. B. Yeats
Edward Shanks
Richard Hughes
W. H. Auden
Stephen Spender
W. J. Turner
Edwin Muir
Robert Frost, William Plomer, Roy Campbell
Indian Poetry in English
Writing in a Learned Language [1]
Writing in a Learned Language [2]
Writing in a Learned Language [3]
Indo-English Poetry [1]
Indo-English Poetry [2]
Indo-English Poetry [3]
On Some Indian Writers of English [1]
On Some Indian Writers of English [2]
Manmohan Ghose [1]
Manmohan Ghose [2]
Manmohan Ghose [3]
Remarks on Minor Indian Writers [1]
Remarks on Minor Indian Writers [2]
Poets of the Ashram
Some General Remarks [1]
Some General Remarks [2]
Some General Remarks [3]
Some General Remarks [4]
Some General Remarks [5]
Some General Remarks [6]
Some General Remarks [7]
Some General Remarks [8]
On Bengali Poetry Written in the Ashram [1]
On Bengali Poetry Written in the Ashram [2]
Comments on the Work of Poets of the Ashram
Dilip Kumar Roy [1]
Dilip Kumar Roy [2]
Dilip Kumar Roy [3]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [1]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [2]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [3]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [4]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [5]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [6]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [7]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [8]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [9]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [10]
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya [11]
The Sources of Inspiration of Harin and of Arjava
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [1]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [2]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [3]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [4]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [5]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [6]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [7]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [8]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [9]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [10]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [11]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [12]
Arjava (J. A. Chadwick) [13]
Jyotirmayi
Nirodbaran [1]
Nirodbaran [2]
Nirodbaran [3]
Nirodbaran [4]
Nirodbaran [5]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [1]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [2]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [3]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [4]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [5]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [6]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [7]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [8]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [9]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [10]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [11]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [12]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [13]
Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) [14]
A. E. on Amal Kiran — Sri Aurobindo on A. E. [1]
A. E. on Amal Kiran — Sri Aurobindo on A. E. [2]
A. E. on Amal Kiran — Sri Aurobindo on A. E. [3]
Nishikanta [1]
Nishikanta [2]
Philosophers, Intellectuals, Novelists and Musicians
Western Notions of the History of Philosophy
Plato [1]
Plato [2]
Plato [3]
Plato [4]
Plato [5]
Plato [6]
Plato [7]
Aristotle
Plotinus [1]
Plotinus [2]
Shankaracharya on the Bhagavad Gita [1]
Shankaracharya on the Bhagavad Gita [2]
Intellectual Capacity of Mystics
Augustus Caesar and Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo and Einstein
René Descartes
William James
Henri Bergson [1]
Henri Bergson [2]
Sigmund Freud [1]
Sigmund Freud [2]
Carl Gustav Jung [1]
Carl Gustav Jung [2]
Lowes Dickinson
Bertrand Russell [1]
Bertrand Russell [2]
Bertrand Russell [3]
Russell, Eddington, Jeans
Shaw [1]
Shaw [2]
Was Shaw a Mystic? [1]
Was Shaw a Mystic? [2]
Shaw’s Personality and Place in Literature [1]
Shaw’s Personality and Place in Literature [2]
Shaw’s Personality and Place in Literature [3]
Kipling
Lawrence [1]
Lawrence [2]
Lawrence [3]
Lawrence [4]
Lawrence [5]
Sri Aurobindo and Criticism of Fiction [1]
Sri Aurobindo and Criticism of Fiction [2]
Great Novelists
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Great Prose Stylists
Saratchandra Chatterji [1]
Saratchandra Chatterji [2]
Alexander Dumas
Victor Hugo [1]
Victor Hugo [2]
Victor Hugo [3]
Dickens and Balzac [1]
Dickens and Balzac [2]
Romain Rolland
French “Psychic” Romances
Contemporary Detective Stories
On Some Musicians
Beethoven
Bhatkhande
Comments on Some Passages of Prose
Anatole France’s Irony
Croce’s Aesthetics
Russell’s Introvert
Lawrence’s Letters [1]
Lawrence’s Letters [2]
Lawrence’s Letters [3]
Lawrence’s Letters [4]
Section 3. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers
Guidance in Writing Poetry
Three Essentials for Writing Poetry
Suggestions for Indians Writing English Poetry [1]
Suggestions for Indians Writing English Poetry [2]
Help to Young Poets [1]
Help to Young Poets [2]
Criticism of Bengali Poetry
Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Writing of Poetry [1]
Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Writing of Poetry [2]
Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Writing of Poetry [3]
Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Writing of Poetry [4]
Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Writing of Poetry [5]
Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Writing of Poetry [6]
Opening to the Force
Sending Inspiration [1]
Sending Inspiration [2]
Sending Inspiration [3]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [1]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [2]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [3]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [4]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [5]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [6]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [7]
The Necessity and Nature of Inspiration [8]
Inspiration and Understanding [1]
Inspiration and Understanding [2]
Inspiration and Understanding [3]
Inspiration and Understanding [4]
Inspiration and Understanding [5]
Inspiration and Understanding [6]
Inspiration and Effort [1]
Inspiration and Effort [2]
Inspiration and Effort [3]
Mentalisation of Inspiration
Capturing Lines and Expressions [1]
Capturing Lines and Expressions [2]
Inspiration during Sleep [1]
Inspiration during Sleep [2]
Variations in Inspiration [1]
Variations in Inspiration [2]
Writing and Concentration [1]
Writing and Concentration [2]
Receptivity and Silence
Difficulty and Ease of Production [1]
Difficulty and Ease of Production [2]
Difficulty and Ease of Production [3]
Mind Fatigue
The Poetic Influence and the Physical Consciousness
Aspiration [1]
Aspiration [2]
Passivity of Mind [1]
Passivity of Mind [2]
The Joy of Creation [1]
The Joy of Creation [2]
Rapture and Application
Practice, Cultivation, Regularity [1]
Practice, Cultivation, Regularity [2]
Practice, Cultivation, Regularity [3]
Silence and Creative Activity
Periods of Incubation [1]
Periods of Incubation [2]
Periods of Incubation [3]
Labour and the Appearance of Ease
Dissatisfaction and Persistence
Writing and Self-criticism [1]
Writing and Self-criticism [2]
Writing and Self-criticism [3]
Using Criticism from Others
Contact with Other Writers [1]
Contact with Other Writers [2]
Sameness and Variety [1]
Sameness and Variety [2]
Repetition [1]
Repetition [2]
Repetition [3]
Spontaneity
Originality [1]
Originality [2]
Originality [3]
Poetry Writing and Fiction [1]
Poetry Writing and Fiction [2]
Poetic Inspiration and Prose-Work
Literary Ambition and Aspiration
Ambition and the Desire for Fame [1]
Ambition and the Desire for Fame [2]
Ambition and the Desire for Fame [3]
Ambition and the Desire for Fame [4]
Public Exposure
Public Reception
Reading Things in Manuscript and in Print
Prefaces and Reviews
Some Metrical Matters [1]
Some Metrical Matters [2]
Some Metrical Matters [3]
Some Metrical Matters [4]
Some Metrical Matters [5]
Some Metrical Matters [6]
Some Metrical Matters [7]
Comments on Some Experiments in Metre [1]
Comments on Some Experiments in Metre [2]
Writing Poetry in French [1]
Writing Poetry in French [2]
Some Questions of Diction [1]
Some Questions of Diction [2]
Some Questions of Diction [3]
Some Questions of Diction [4]
Rhetoric and Eloquence [1]
Rhetoric and Eloquence [2]
Rhetoric and Eloquence [3]
The Right Words in the Right Places [1]
The Right Words in the Right Places [2]
The Right Words in the Right Places [3]
The Right Words in the Right Places [4]
Some Questions of Word-Use [1]
Some Questions of Word-Use [2]
Some Questions of Word-Use [3]
Some Questions of Word-Use [4]
Some Questions of Word-Use [5]
On Writing Sonnets [1]
On Writing Sonnets [2]
The Ode
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [1]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [2]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [3]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [4]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [5]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [6]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [7]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [8]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [9]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [10]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [11]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [12]
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [13]
An Epic Line
The Line and the Poem [1]
The Line and the Poem [2]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [1]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [2]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [3]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [4]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [5]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [6]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [7]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [8]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [9]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [10]
Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [11]
Sri Aurobindo’s Comments on Poetry Written Outside the Ashram [1]
Sri Aurobindo’s Comments on Poetry Written Outside the Ashram [2]
Sri Aurobindo’s Comments on Poetry Written Outside the Ashram [3]
Guidance in Writing Prose
Suggestions for Writing Good English [1]
Suggestions for Writing Good English [2]
Suggestions for Writing Good English [3]
Poetry and Novel
Tragedy in Fiction
Remarks on English Pronunciation
Monosyllables and Dissyllables [1]
Monosyllables and Dissyllables [2]
Monosyllables and Dissyllables [3]
Monosyllables and Dissyllables [4]
Some Problems of Stress Accent [1]
Some Problems of Stress Accent [2]
Remarks on English Usage
Some Questions of Pronunciation and Usage [1]
Some Questions of Pronunciation and Usage [2]
Some Questions of Pronunciation and Usage [3]
On Three Words Used by Sri Aurobindo [1]
On Three Words Used by Sri Aurobindo [2]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [1]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [2]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [3]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [4]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [5]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [6]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [7]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [8]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [9]
On Some Words and Expressions Used by Writers of the Ashram [10]
Notes on Usage Apropos of a Translation of Sarat Chandra Chatterji’s Nishkriti
Remarks on Bengali Usage
Laws and Caprices of Usage [1]
Laws and Caprices of Usage [2]
A Language Grows and Is Not Made

Part 3. Literature, Art, Beauty and Yoga
Section 1. Appreciation of Poetry and the Arts
Appreciation of Poetry
The Subjective Element
Abiding Intuition of Poetic and Artistic Greatness
Contemporary Judgment of Poetry [1]
Contemporary Judgment of Poetry [2]
Contemporary Judgment of Poetry [3]
Contemporary Judgment of Poetry [4]
Contemporary Judgment of Poetry [5]
Housman’s Poetics [1]
Housman’s Poetics [2]
Spiritual Poetry and Popular Taste [1]
Spiritual Poetry and Popular Taste [2]
Appreciation of the Arts in General
Poetic and Artistic Value and Popular Appeal [1]
Poetic and Artistic Value and Popular Appeal [2]
Art and Life
Modern Art and Poetry
Unity of Idea and Design in the Arts
Comparison of the Arts
Each Art Has Its Own Province [1]
Each Art Has Its Own Province [2]
Music and Poetry
Appreciation of Music
On Music
Musical Excellence and General Culture
Section 2. On the Visual Arts
General Remarks on the Visual Arts
Art and Nature [1]
Art and Nature [2]
Art and Nature [3]
On Nandalal Bose’s Ideas on Art [1]
On Nandalal Bose’s Ideas on Art [2]
Inspiration and the Vital
Form and Colour
Cinema
Problems of the Painter
Nature and the Human Figure [1]
Nature and the Human Figure [2]
Portrait Painting [1]
Portrait Painting [2]
Portrait Painting [3]
Drawing from Nature [1]
Drawing from Nature [2]
Mastery of Drawing [1]
Mastery of Drawing [2]
Mastery of Drawing [3]
An Artist’s Temperament
Uncreative Periods [1]
Uncreative Periods [2]
Painting in the Ashram
A General Remark
On Some Artists of the Ashram [1]
On Some Artists of the Ashram [2]
The Need of Artistic Training [1]
The Need of Artistic Training [2]
The Need of Artistic Training [3]
The Need of Artistic Training [4]
Wanting to Learn [1]
Wanting to Learn [2]
Section 3. Beauty and Its Appreciation
General Remarks on Beauty
Beauty [1]
Beauty [2]
Supramental Action and Beauty
Art, Beauty and Ananda [1]
Art, Beauty and Ananda [2]
Art, Beauty and Ananda [3]
Art, Beauty and Ananda [4]
Art, Beauty and Ananda [5]
Art, Beauty and Ananda [6]
Universal Beauty and Ananda [1]
Universal Beauty and Ananda [2]
Beauty and Truth
The Good and the Beautiful
Experience of Beauty
Appreciation of Beauty
The Right Way of Appreciating Beauty [1]
The Right Way of Appreciating Beauty [2]
The Right Way of Appreciating Beauty [3]
The Right Way of Appreciating Beauty [4]
Beauty in Women
Physical Beauty and Sex-Sensation [1]
Physical Beauty and Sex-Sensation [2]
Physical Beauty and Sex-Sensation [3]
Section 4. Literature, Art, Music and the Practice of Yoga
Literature and Yoga
Poetry and Sadhana [1]
Poetry and Sadhana [2]
Poetry and Sadhana [3]
Poetry and Sadhana [4]
Poetry and Sadhana [5]
Poetry and Sadhana [6]
Poetry and Sadhana [7]
Poetry and Sadhana [8]
Poetry and Sadhana [9]
Poetry and Sadhana [10]
Poetry and Sadhana [11]
Poetry and Sadhana [12]
Poetry and Sadhana [13]
Poetry and Sadhana [14]
Poetry and Sadhana [15]
Poetry and Sadhana [16]
Poetry and Sadhana [17]
Poetry and Sadhana [18]
Poetry and Sadhana [19]
Poetry, Peace and Ananda
Literary Activity and Sadhana [1]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [2]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [3]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [4]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [5]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [6]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [7]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [8]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [9]
Literary Activity and Sadhana [10]
Creative Activity Subordinate to One’s Spiritual Life
Fiction-Writing and Sadhana [1]
Fiction-Writing and Sadhana [2]
Fiction-Writing and Sadhana [3]
Reading and Sadhana [1]
Reading and Sadhana [2]
Reading and Sadhana [3]
Reading and Sadhana [4]
Reading and Sadhana [5]
Reading and Real Knowledge
Novel-Reading and Sadhana [1]
Novel-Reading and Sadhana [2]
Religious and Secular Literature [1]
Religious and Secular Literature [2]
Development of the Mind and Sadhana
Language-Study and Yoga [1]
Language-Study and Yoga [2]
Reading Newspapers and Yoga
Painting, Music, Dance and Yoga
Yoga and the Arts
Painting and Sadhana [1]
Painting and Sadhana [2]
Painting and Sadhana [3]
Painting and Sadhana [4]
Painting and Sadhana [5]
Painting and Sadhana [6]
Music and Sadhana [1]
Music and Sadhana [2]
Music and Sadhana [3]
Music and Sadhana [4]
Music and Sadhana [5]
Music and Sadhana [6]
Music and Sadhana [7]
Music and Sadhana [8]
Music and Sadhana [9]
Music and Sadhana [10]
Dance and Sadhana [1]
Dance and Sadhana [2]
Dance and Sadhana [3]
Dance and Sadhana [4]
APPENDIXES
The Problem of the Hexameter
An Answer to a Criticism	~SABKL5
Marginal Comments
Incomplete Reply

Note 1. During the long history of publication of Sri Aurobindo's works, their texts were modified by editors here and there, so now we have several variants of the same text when one is — more likely — authentic, but the others — not quite. Still, while we are not sure, which variant is authentic, we, at least, have to be aware about the fact of such variations. For this purpose we compared texts of different editions and provided differing places with appropriate footnotes in our files. (Moreover, this symbol by symbol comparison allows to avoid misprints of scanning and OCR procedures.)

To avoid overloading of the texts by footnotes, we ignored differences of register, punctuation, paragraphs, too frequent or permanent differences, variants of languages or transliterations of the same word (for example, in one edition the word printed in Latin, in another – in Devanagari), sometimes — variants of proper names. Also we did not made any footnotes in cases of distinct misprints of typographers – just corrected them (i.e. letter O and symbol zero 0 and so on).

In the Contents above, opposite every work (to the right from date of its writing or first publication) we indicated compared edition:

¹ Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Volume 1.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1973.- 920 p.

² Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 12, No2 (1988, December)

⁴ Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 7, No1 (1983, April).- 97 p.

⁵ Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 2, No1 (1978, April).- 108 p.

⁶ Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 5, No2 (1981, December).- 112-212 p.

⁷ Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Volume 27.- Supplement.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Asram, 1972.- 511 p.

⁸ Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Volume 17.- The Hour of God and other writings.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Asram, 1972.- 406 p.

⁹ Compared with text of earlier publication (we have not exact bibliphy information on this publication — text was found in Internet).

¹⁰ Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 3, No2 (1979, December).- 123-233 p.

¹¹ Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 14, No1 (1990, April).- 115 p.

¹² Archives and Research: A biannual journal.- Volume 8, No1 (1984, April).- 124 p.

Note 2. In cases, when independent texts were joined at book in a single block with common title as if it were one work, we separated them — one independent text per one file. To reader, who find this arrangement not quite convenient, we may recommend the all book in a single file (see above).

AVAILABLE EDITIONS:
	Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Vol. 9 Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo on Himself // Sri Aurobindo Birth Century Library: Set in 30 volumes.- Volume 26.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1973.- 498 p.
►	The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo: set in 37 volumes. Vol. 27 Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Poetry and Art // The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo: Set in 37 volumes.- Volume 27.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2004.- 769 p.- ISBN 81-7058-496-5

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