INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE: A Critical Casebook - Hardcover

Ramendranath Datta; Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal; Kanwar Dinesh Singh

9788190678858: INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE: A Critical Casebook

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 819067885X ISBN 13: 9788190678858

Publisher: ROMAN Books, 2009

This first-ever collection of critical essays anthologises extensive critical discussions on every major issue of every major text of Indian English Literature. Ranging from the classic 'Rajmohan s Wife' to the postmodern 'Midnight s Children' this book will act like an indispensable companion to the readers of Indian Writings in English. Investigating the Indian elements present in each text, this book will not only focus new light on the thematic, social or cultural issues of these literary texts, but will also enable the readers to rethink the position of the entire genre of Indian English Literature from an international and broader intellectual context. NOVELS Bankimchandra Chatterjee s Rajmohan's Wife, Nirad C. Chaudhury s The Autobiography of An Unknown Indian, Mulk Raj Anand s Coolie and Untouchable, R. K. Narayan s The Guide, Raja Rao s Kanthapura, Anita Desai s Voices in the City and Clear Light of Day, Amitav Ghosh s The Shadow Lines and Salman Rushdie s Midnight's Children SHORT STORIES Raja Rao s India A Fable , Nayantara Sahgal s Martand , Jayanta Mahapatra s Eye , Ruskin Bond s The Eyes are not Here DRAMA Girish Karnard s Tughlaq, Mahesh Dattani s Bravely Fought the Queen POEMS Henry Derozio s The Harp Of India , Toru Dutt s Our Casuarina Tree , Rabindranath Tagore s Gitanjali, Nissim Ezekiel s Enterprise , A.K. Ramanujan s Another View of Grace , Love Poem for a Wife , Obituary , The Striders , Kamala Das An Introduction , My Grandmother s House , Someone Else s Song , The Old Play House , Words , Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher , Night of the Scorpion

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About the Author:

Ramendranath Datta, Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal and Dr. Kanwar Dinesh Singh taught English literature for several decades and are renowned for their contributions in Indian English literature and criticism. Suman Chakraborty has published and lectured widely on literature, creative writing and publishing in India and UK. He is the founder and editorial director of ROMAN Books.

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