Indian English Literature, Vol. 6 (Hardcover)  | Released: 2007

In recent years, the Indian English Literature has made conspicuous progress in all its forms, mainly in fiction and poetry. The present anthology aims at presenting an in-depth study of twenty-one authors who are both established as well as upcoming writers: Nissim Ezekiel, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Girish Karnad, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Manohar Malgonkar, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Taslima Nasrin, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Githa Hariharan, Kavita Daswani, Manju Kapoor, M.N. Roy, Sri. Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Lohia and Ambedkar. The articles on poets contained in this anthology acquaint the readers with the fluctuating scene of thematic concerns and technical experimentations in Indian English poetry. All other articles are also unique of its kind, reflecting the above-mentioned authors’ treatment of their chosen literary genre. Since most of the authors included in the present Volume for discussion are prescribed in the English syllabus in the various Indian Universities, it is hoped that both the teachers and students will find them extremely useful. Even the general readers who are interested in literature in English will find them intellectually stimulating.Table of Contents: 1. Representation of Indian Ethos in Indian English Poetry – Kh. Kunjo Singh 2. Light in the Heart of Darkness: Nissim Ezekiel’s Hymns in Darkness – Vinod Kumar Singh 3. Chaudhuri’s Sartorial Vision in Culture in the Vanity Bag – Basavaraj Naikar 4. Historicity of Text and Textuality of History: A Reading of Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq – Bhagabat Nayak 5. The Journey from Innocence to Experience in Major Indian English Novelists – Binod Mishra 6. Caste and the Casteless Outcaste: A Study of Subaltern Literature – N. Sharada Iyer 7. Socio-Cultural Perspectives in the Novels of Post-Independence Era – Kh. Kunjo Singh 8. Tradition versus Modernity: An Interpretation of R.K. Narayan’s The Vendor of Sweets – Kanhaiya Jee Jha 9. Raja Rao’s Kanthapura: A Saga of the National Freedom Movement – T. Bharathi 10. Imagery in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura – Brahma Datta Sharma 11. Feminist Consciousness in the Novels of Manohar Malgonkar – M.B. Chaturvedi 12. Indianisms in Bhabani Bhattacharya’s Novels: A Study – Vinita Jha 13. A Bend in the Ganges: A Historical Novel – Ashok Kumar Bachchan 14. The Sacred as the Secular/Profane in Indian Cultural Context: Reading Taslima Nasrin’s Lajja through Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses – Kuldeep Kumar and Gajendra Kumar 15. Colonial Consciousness and Racial Conflict: An Analysis of Immigrant Experience in Anita Desai’s Bye-Bye Blackbird – Kanhaiya Jee Jha 16. Joys and Sorrows of Womanhood in The Binding Vine – Basavaraj Naikar 17. Colonialism and Beyond It: The Glass Palace as a Symbol of Hope – Rashmi Gaur 18. Influence of Music on Life: A Study of Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music – Smita Mohanty 19. Githa Hariharan’s In Times of Siege: A Symbolic Declaration of Human Rights – Anita Singh 20. Transformation of the Female Protagonist’s Subjectivity in the Diaspora Space in Kavita Daswani’s For Matrimonial Purposes – Tejinder Kaur 21. Feminine Assertions in Manju Kapur’s A Married Woman: A Socio-Ethical Perspective – Bhagabat Nayak 22. The Native Voices: A Case for the Second Tradition of Post-Colonial Theory – Gajendra Kumar and Kuldeep Kumar Contributors