Indian English Literature, Vol. 4 (Hardcover)  | Released: 2003

This anthology presents perceptive articles on the major Indian English writers including novelists, dramatists and poets who have enriched the realm of letters. The thematic concerns of these writers range from the mythical to the mundane; the colonial to the post-colonial; the social to the individual and the psychological to the satirical. The anthology is, therefore, polyphonic in nature. The writers studied in the fourth Volume of this anthology represent all the three generations: A.K. Ramanujan, Jayanta Mahapatra, Nissim Ezekiel, Kamala Das, Rabindranath Tagore, Manjula Padmanabhan, R.K. Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Arun Joshi, Vikram Seth, Boman Desai, R.P. Jhabvala, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Rama Mehta, Shobha De, Arundhati Roy and Jhumpa Lahiri. The contributors to this Volume include Bhagabat Nayak, Niranjan Mohanty, Bijay Kumar Das, Mithilesh Pandey, Amar Nath Prasad, Anita Singh, Vinita Jha, Gur Pyari Jandial, Basavaraj Naikar, G.A. Ghanshyam, Vasumati Nadig, N. Sharada Iyer, T.M.J. Indramohan, Jean DSouza, Kh. Kunjo Singh, Asha Susan Jacob, Asha Choubey, Chandrashekhar Kulkarni, N.K. Neb, Sanjay Kumar, Chhote Lal Khatri and Shubha Tiwari.Table of Contents: 1. The Axis of Hindu Consciousness in A.K. Ramanujans Poetry Bhagabat Nayak 2. Poetics of Prayer: A Study in the Poetry of A.K. Ramanujan and Nissim Ezekiel Niranjan Mohanty 3. Historical Consciousness in Jayanta Mahapatras Relationship Bijay Kumar Das 4. Kamala Das: A Study in Evolving Vision Mithilesh K. Pandey 5. Tagores Chitra: A Mirror of Music and Metaphoric Structure Amar Nath Prasad 6. Genealogy of Gender Bias: A Collage of Three Contemporary Indian Plays Anita Singh 7. R.K. Narayan: His Mind and Art Bhagabat Nayak 8. Bhabani Bhattacharyas Radical Rebel Characters Vinita Jha 9. The Dialectics of Enchained Sensibility in The Foreigner Basavaraj Naikar 10. The Strange Case of Billy Biswas: A Journey into Darkness Basavaraj Naikar 11. Arun Joshis The Last Labyrinth: A Journey from Agnosticism to Affirmation G.A. Ghanshyam and Vasumati Nadig 12. Vikram Seths An Equal Music: A Symphony of Love and Melody N. Sharada Iyer 13. Thoughts From Asylum, USA Shubha Tiwari 14. Decolonising Teaching of English in India: A Perspective T.M.J. Indramohan 15. The Indian Metaphor in English: The Future of the Language in India (With Special Reference to Commerce Students) Jean DSouza 16. Man-Woman Relationship: A Common Theme in the Novels of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya Kh. Kunjo Singh 17. In Their Alien Worlds: Anita Desais Bye-Bye Blackbird and Baumgartners Bombay Asha Susan Jacob 18. A Saga of Quests: Anita Desais Journey to Ithaca Asha Susan Jacob 19. Anita Desais In Custody: An Analysis N. Sharada Iyer 20. Thorn in the Flesh: Male-Chauvinism and Female-Apathy in Anita Desais Fasting, Feasting Asha Choubey 21. Socialisation and Gender Construction in Shashi Deshpandes Novels N. Sharada Iyer 22. Towards a New World Order: The Female Self in Shashi Deshpandes A Matter of Time Gur Pyari Jandial 23. The Feminine World of Inside the Haveli Chandrashekhar Kulkarni 24. Feminist Narrative Stance: A Study of Shobha Des Novels N.K. Neb 25. Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things: A Study in the Modernist Perspective Kh. Kunjo Singh 26. The Poetry of the Unsaid in Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things Sanjay Kumar 27. Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things: Narrative Discourse and Linguistic Experiments Chhote Lal Khatri 28. The Native and Acquired Selves of the Tormented Souls in the Fictional World of Jhumpa Lahiri Bhagabat Nayak 29. Women on Crusade: At War with Themselves A Look at Feminists in India Shubha Tiwari