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1. I n t r o d u c t i o n 1

Raja Rao

Kanthapura a n d His Moves 8

F o r e w o r d t o Kanthapura 10

Raja Rao's F o r e w o r d t o Kanthapura: Critics' o p i n i o n 13

2. Aspects of K a n t h a p u r a 15

Language, t e c h n i q u e a n d s t y l e

3. T h e s o n g s o f Kanthap u r a 24

The Goddess K e n c h a m m a

Songs o f T o d d y

Songs o f C h a r a c t e r

Songs o f Revolution

4. T h e t i t l e 32

5. T h e t h e m e 36

6. T h e Skeffington Coffee E s t a t e 45

7. C h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n 51

Maha tma Gandhi 54

Moorthy 60

Secondary Characters 67

Bade Khan 68

R ama kris hnayya, Shastri a n d J a y a r a m a c h a r 72

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R a nga mma 75

Ratna 80

Patel Range Gowda 84

Seenu a n d R a c h a n n a 88

Bhatta 89

Waterfall V e n k a m m a 93

Swami 98

Sankar 101

8. The Social Scene 104

9. Glossary 109