Critical Studies In Indian Writing In English

The Essays In This Anthology Focus On Many Aspects Of Indian Fiction In English. It Seeks To Probe, Discuss And Analyse The Issues Arising Out Of The Novels And Offers Deep Insight To The Readers. Important Novelists Covered In The Volume Are : R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Anita Desai, Geeta Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Kavery Nambisan, Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Shobha De And Arundhati Roy.

This book is a collection of critical papers on Indian Poetry and Fiction in English. The poets and novelists discussed are Derozio, Aurobindo, R A Mishra, mamta Kalia, Mahanand Sharma, I H Rizvi, R K Singh, Baldev Mirza, Syed Ameeruddin, K A Abbas etc..

The Papers Collected In This Anthology Represent A Wide Spectrum Of Critical Interests Of Scholars Specialising In Indian Fiction In English Which Has Of Late Established A Powerful And Pervasive Presence On The World Literary Scene.The Widely Divergent Themes Of The Third Generation Indian Novelists Including Especially Immigrant Experience, Feminist Concerns And Gender Issues, Familial, Social, Psychological And Philosophical Problems Characterising Contemporary Indian Life And The Major Debates Centred Round Indian Fiction In English, Besides The Innovative Techniques, Have All Been Discussed In This Volume From Refreshingly New Perspectives.Among The Contributors To This Volume Are Some Of The Most Respected Scholars: John Thieme (England), Sandra Ponzanesi (Netherlands), Shaul Bassi (Italy), Basavaraj Naikar (India), Uma Parameswaran (Canada), Mary Conde (England), Christopher Rollason (France), Chandra Holm (Switzerland), Joel Kuortti (Finland) And Alessandra Contenti (Italy). Among The Novelists Discussed Are: Salman Rushdie, Shashi Deshpande, Bharati Mukherjee, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh And Arundhati Roy.

This Book Presents A Collection Of Essays And Research Papers On Indian English Poetry And Fiction. It Has Been Classified In Two Sections. Section A Comprises Essays On Poets Such As Toru Dutt, Aurobindo Ghose, Krishna Srinivas And Kamala Das. Section B Contains Essays On Indian English Novelists Like R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Bhabani Bhattacharaya, Anita Desai, Khushwant Singh, Kamala Markandaya, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De, And Arun Joshi. The Research Papers In The Book By Some Distinguished University Teachers And Professors Of English Posted In Indian Universities Cover A Brief Critical Survey Of Indian English Poetry And Novel Since Their Birth Upto The Present Day. A Brief Survey Of Indian English Religious Poetry And Humanistic Trends In Contemporary Indo-English Fiction Has Also Been Included.

Indian English Literature In Its Very Tone And Tenor Presents A Unique Blend Of Tradition And Experiment In Both Its Matter And Manner. The Present-Day Indian English Literatteur Is Firmly Grounded In A Philosophico-Cultural Sensibility Tracing Its Uninterrupted Links With The Very Dawn Of Civilisation In This Part Of The World. And Yet The Product Is Not An Aberration In Any Way In The Modern Context. This Imbues Indian Writings In English With A Distinctive Aesthetic Flavour, To The Connoisseurs' Obvious Delight.The Present Volume Incorporates The Painstaking Application Of Diverse Critical Methodologies To Analyse Indian English Literature Poetry, Drama, Novels And Prose From This Broad Perspective. Comprising Close Analyses Of The Works Of Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Anita Desai, Arun Joshi, Kamala Das And Nissim Ezekiel, The Collection Offers Fresh Critical Insights, Opening Possibilities Of Further Exploration Along The Avenues Here Suggested.A Fresh Look At Established Works, Highlighting Aspects Hitherto Unexplored.An Indispensable Source-Book For Students, Researchers And Teachers Of Indian English And Commonwealth Literature.

Contributed articles on the works of Rohinton Mistry, b. 1952, Indian born Canadian author.

Indian English Literature In Both Its Matter And Manner Incorporates Continuity With Change, An Unquestioned Commitment To Some Basic Tenets Of The Traditional Blended With A Reaching Out To Explore The New, A Shifting Of The Focus To The Individual And The Personal But Without Severing Of Links With The Familial And The Societal.The Scholarly Studies, Specially Written For This Volume, Explore Indian English Poets And Novelists To Arrive At Diverse Revealing Insights, Hitherto Unexperienced, From This Penetrating Perspective. The Writers Taken Up For Analysis Include Kamala Das, A.K. Ramanujan, R. Parthasarathy, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, Manohar Malgonkar, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy And Others.Painstaking Perusal Of The Modern And The Mythical In Seminal Works Of Indian English Literature, Taken Up Individually And Also As Part Of The Writer S Oeuvre.A Critical Introduction To Indian English Poetry And Fiction. A Sustained Study Of Recent Publications Of Seminal Significance. A Source Book For Sociologists And Critics, Teachers And Scholars, Students And Lay Readers. An Indispensable Compendium For Further Studies In Indian English Poetry And Fiction.