New Perspectives on American Literature (Hardcover)  | Released: 2004

The book, New Perspectives on American Literature presents a scholarly study of American Literature right from the beginning to the present time. It includes discussions on American Womens Drama, American Fiction and Recent American Poetry by eminent scholars of Russia, Spain and Finland. Besides these, there are highly scholarly studies of Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, John Updike, John A. Williams, James Baldwin, Katherine Anne Porter, Mark Strand and Richard Wright by the eminent scholars from the North to the South of India. The book would be useful for both the teachers and the students of American Literature.Table of Contents: Preface 1. American Literature at a Glance-ISHTEYAQUE SHAMS 2. American Womens Drama and Its Critics-VERA SHAMINA 3. The Return of the Native American: The Theme of Homecoming in Contemporary Native North American Fiction-MARK SHACKLETON 4. Justifying Sethes Act in Toni Morrisons Beloved-RASHMI GAUR 5. Recent American Poetry Anthologies: Contrastive Statements on Poetics and Constant Elements in Poetic Construction-MANUEL BRITO 6. The Power of the Poet and the Power of Word: Emerson and Whitman's Mythologies of Power-VIORICA PATEA 7. John Updikes Achievement as a Novelist-S.M.R. AZAM 8. John A. Williams: The Novelist-JYOTI MISHRA 9. The Image of City in the Novels of James Baldwin-A.K. PANDEY 10. Katherine Anne Porter: Art of Characterization-ASTHA SUMAN 11. Mark Strand Among His Contemporaries-MD. EQUEBAL HUSSAIN 12. Richard Wrights Native Son and Mulk Raj Anands Untouchable: An Outlook on Struggle for Social Justice and Human Dignity-K.N. MISHRA 13. From the Diaspora: Jews in Saul Bellows The Bellarosa Connection-S. JOSH 14. Humanism in the Novels of Saul Bellow-ISHTEYAQUE SHAMS Contributors