Indian English Literature, Vol. 5 (Hardcover)  | Released: 2004

The anthology contains perceptive articles on the three major forms of Indian English Literature: poetry, fiction and drama. As usual fiction enjoys a lions share. The writers discussed in this anthology include poets like Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu, A.K. Ramanujan, Nissim Ezekiel; novelists like R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Kamala Markandaya, Shantha Rama Rau, Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Anita Desai, Shobha De, Arundhati Roy, Amit Chaudhuri; short story writers like Subhadra Sen, Kamala Das, Jhumpa Lahiri and dramatists like Rabindranath Tagore and Mahesh Dattani. The contributors to this Volume include Radhakanta Mishra, U.S. Rukhaiyar, K. Balachandran, M. Thirumeni, Bhagabat Nayak, S. John Peter Joseph, Jibesh Bhattacharyya, S.N. Vikram Raj Urs, T.K. Ravindran, G.A. Ghanshyam, Nishat Zaidi, Sadhana Agrawal, Madhu Joshi, Alka Singh, Indu Kulkarni, K.T. Sunitha, Anita Parihar, Basavaraj Naikar and Amar Nath Prasad.Table of Contents: 1. A Contrastive Study of the Poetry of Aurobindonians and Anti-Aurobindonians RADHAKANTA MISHRA 2. Feeling and Form: An Analytical Study of Two Indian English PoemsU.S. RUKHAIYAR 3. The Question of Nationalism in A.K. Ramanujans Poetry K. BALACHANDRAN 4. Myths of MalgudiM. THIRUMENI 5. R.K. Narayans My Days: An Indian AutobiographyBHAGABAT NAYAK 6. Tradition and Modernity in Kamala Markandayas Nectar in a SieveS. JOHN PETER JOSEPH 7. The Novelist as Historian: A Study of Kamala Markandayas Some Inner Fury and Possession S. JOHN PETER JOSEPH 8. Coexistence of Spiritualism and Scientific Rationalism in Kamala Markandayas A Silence of Desire S. JOHN PETER JOSEPH 9. The Indianness of Santha Rama Rau JIBESH BHATTACHARYYA 10. Orientalist Leanings in the Fiction of Arun JoshiS.N. VIKRAM RAJ URS AND T.K. RAVINDRAN 11. Arun Joshis The Strange Case of Billy Biswas: The Metamorphosis of a Larva into a Butterfly G.A. GHANSHYAM 12. Storm in Chandigarh: A Search for Values in the Post-Colonial IndiaNISHAT ZAIDI 13. Monishas Plight in Voices in the City SADHANA AGRAWAL 14. Whos Afraid of Shobha De? MADHU JOSHI 15. Strategies of Voicing the Devoiced: A Feminist Reading of The God of Small ThingsNISHAT ZAIDI 16. Arundhati Roy: Woman as a Writer with Particular Reference to The God of Small Things ALKA SINGH 17. Native Melody in Amit Chaudhuris Freedom Song INDU KULKARNI 18. Position of Women in the Short Stories of Subhadra Sen and Kamala Das K.T. SUNITHA 19. Emotional Trauma in Two Stories of Jhumpa LahiriANITA PARIHAR 20. The Conflict Between Bondage and Liberation in Muktadhara BASAVARAJ NAIKAR 21. The Plays of Mahesh Dattani: A Fine Fusion of Feeling and FormAMAR NATH PRASAD Contributors