स्वाधीन भारत का हिंदी साहित्य शीर्षक ग्रंथ, जिसका आलोच्य काल 1947-2010 है, हिंदी साहित्य की विविध प्रवृत्तियों और विधाओं का ऐतिहासिक तथा विश्लेषणात्मक अध्ययन प्रस्तुत करता है। यह एक ऐसा साहित्येतिहास ग्रंथ है जिसमें कोशिश की गई है कि उल्लेख्य योग्य सभी लेखकों एवं उनकी कृतियों का उल्लेख हो तथा महत्त्व के अनुसार उन लेखकों-कृतियों पर छोटी-बड़ी मूल्यांकपरक टिप्पणियाँ रहें। किसी प्रकार की व्यक्तिगत या विचारधारात्मक गुटबंदी से मुक्त होकर साहित्य का एक व्यापक समावेशी चित्र सामने आए, जो पाठकों, छात्रों और शोध-अध्येताओं के लिए उपयोगी हो।

कविता क्या है?—इस प्रश्न के उत्तर में कोई एक सर्वसम्मत परिभाषा दे पाना कठिन है। जैसे हर मनुष्य का अपना एक रूप, स्वभाव और अन्दाज़ होता है, वैसे ही हर भाषा और हर कविता का भी अपना रूप, स्वभाव और अन्दाज़ होता है। इसलिए कविता के बारे में कोई सर्वमान्य निष्कर्ष, कोई ऐसी कसौटी, जिस पर हर काल और हर भाषा की कविता शत-प्रतिशत खरी उतरे, प्रस्तुत करना, और भी कठिन हो जाता है।

अलग-अलग कालों में और अलग-अलग देशों में कविता के प्रतिमान भी बदलते रहे हैं। फिर भी, जिस प्रकार कुछ ऐसे सामान्य धर्म होते हैं जहाँ विविध आकृति-प्रकृति के मनुष्य मिलते हैं और मनुष्य के रूप में अपनी पहचान सुरक्षित रखते हैं, उसी प्रकार कविता के भी कुछ बुनियादी तत्त्व होते हैं जिनके कारण विविध कालों, विविध भाषाओं में लिखी गई विविध भंगिमाओं वाली कविताएँ कविता के एक विशिष्ट रूप में पहचान ली जाती हैं। कविता के इन्हीं बुनियादी लक्षणों की चर्चा इस पुस्तक में हुई है।

इस पुस्तक की सीमाओं में ज़्यादा विस्तार की गुंजाइश न थी। पाठक केवल संकेत ग्रहण करेंगे और मानवता की महान कविता-परम्परा और काव्य-चिन्तन के सूक्ष्म इतिहास में ख़ुद घुसने और उसमें फ़ुरसत से रमने की कोशिश करेंगे।

—भूमिका से

v data-content-type="html" data-appearance="default" data-element="main"><p>प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में प्रसिद्ध कवि-आलोचक डॉ. विश्वनाथप्रसाद तिवारी ने आधुनिक हिन्दी कविता के तेरह प्रमुख कवियों—मैथिलीशरण गुप्त, रामनरेश त्रिपाठी, माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी, जयशंकर प्रसाद, सूर्यकान्त त्रिपाठी ‘निराला’, सुमित्रानन्दन पन्त, महादेवी वर्मा, भगवतीचरण वर्मा, सुभद्राकुमारी चौहान, हरिवंशराय बच्चन, रामधारी सिंह ‘दिनकर’, नरेन्द्र शर्मा और स.ही. वात्स्यायन ‘अज्ञेय’ की कविताओं का विश्लेषण-मूल्यांकन किया है। उपर्युक्त कवियों के काव्य का यह अध्ययन अपने संक्षिप्त रूप में विराट विस्तार को समेटने वाला है। बूँद में समुद्र की तरह। यह उन कवियों की मुख्य काव्य-विशेषताओं को उद्घाटित करता है, साथ ही एक लम्बी कालावधि की काव्य प्रवृत्तियों को भी। पुस्तक में किसी प्रकार का पूर्वग्रह नहीं है, न उखाड़-पछाड़ वाली दृष्टि। लेखक ने पूरी तरह सन्तुलित-तटस्थ दृष्टि से सहृदयता के साथ कवियों के काव्यानुभव और उनकी काव्यभाषा की समीक्षा की है। अवश्य ही यह पुस्तक पाठकों का ध्यान सही निष्कर्षों की ओर आकृष्ट करेगी।</p> <p>इस पुस्तक से हिन्दी कविता के कुछ अत्यन्त विशिष्ट कवियों के माध्यम से कविता के एक महत्वपूर्ण युग की उपलब्धियों के बारे में स्‍पष्ट जानकारी मिलेगी। इसमें सन्देह नहीं कि आकार में यह लघु पुस्तक साहित्य के अध्येताओं के लिए बहुत उपयोगी सिद्ध होगी।</p>

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विश्वनाथप्रसाद तिवारी के कवि-कर्म के सरोकारों की गहरी छानबीन की जाए तो उसकी मुख्य थीम में तीन प्रस्थान-बिन्दु चिह्नित होते हैं—स्वाधीनता, स्त्री-मुक्ति और मृत्यु-बोध। ग़ौर से देखें तो उनकी समूची काव्य-यात्रा इन तीन प्रस्थान-बिन्दुओं को लेकर गहन अनुसन्धान करती हैं। इन तीनों जीवन-दृष्टियों का बोध वे भारतीय अन्त:करण से करते हैं। स्त्री-अस्मिता की खोज उनके कवि-कर्म के बुनियादी सरोकारों में सबसे अहम है। उनकी कविता के घर में स्त्री के लिए जगह ही जगह है। उनकी दृष्टि में स्त्री के जितने विविध रूप हैं, वे सब सृष्टि के सृजनसंसार हैं।

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