The work 'Poetry, Creativity and Aesthetic Experience' is mainly based on the doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Bombay. It studies the three vital problems of Sanskrit literary criticism viz. the problem of defining poetic expression, creativity and making of Sanskrit poet and the problem of aesthetic experience which relates to the purpose of poetry. These problem have been conceived, developed, discussed, interpreted and commented upon by atleast twenty two exponents during a period of about one thousand five hundred years, from Bharata to Jagannatha. Being at home in Vedanta as well as Sahitya he draws inspiration from Sadananda's Vedantasara and applies the anubandha-catu-staya method to Sahitya Sastra in his doctoral thesis. This is undeniably a unique feature of his work." Prof. Joshi's work covers a vast .period of about one thousand five hundred years This work presents a comprehensive, critical and (analytical study of almost all the basic concepts and principles of literary criticism and aesthetics. His exposition of each and every topic is very clear and methodical and style lucid. The excellence of this work primarily rests on its expository side and the novel application of the anubandha-catustaya method... ?"(from Foreword).