Vikram Seths Arts (Hardcover)  | Released: 2005

Vikram Seth is one of the most well-known and successful names in the Indian English writing today. Internationally renowned for his artistic skill of blending the poets sensitivity with the narrators comprehension of the elements of plot, structure, and character, Seth has been able to span geographical and national barriers and played a major role in bringing the Indian English writing onto the stage of world literature. The present book Vikram Seths ArtAn Appraisal is the first full-length study of Vikram Seths entire literary output. It introduces the readers to Vikram Seths life and background and evaluates his writings, his thematic concerns, his diversification into different genres and his contribution to the present-day literary scene. Seths work merits detailed study and this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the different aspects of his writing. It is hoped that the book would be of great interest to the readers who are fond of English novels and poems. In addition, it will prove useful to the students of English literature.Table of Contents: 1. The Artist and His Grounding 2. The Conflict between Predilection and Medium 3. The Ambition for an Elaborate Expression: The Golden Gate 4. Vikram Seths Literary Mammoth: A Suitable Boy 5. An Equal Music: An Offering from the Heart 6. Literary Digressions 7. An Overview Selected Bibliography