Indian Renaissance took birth in the 19th century Bengal. Indian English poetry originated from Calcutta. The author discusses and analyses the connections and interactions between the two phenomena and establishes that Indian English poetry originated as an inevitable......
The book makes a refreshing reading of contemporary Indian poetry by women writers. It vehemently negates the pre-conceived notion that Indian English poetry is derivative and imitative. The book analyzes the poetry of selected seven......
The book shows that a characteristic trait of Jayanta Mahapatra’s poetry is the depiction of India and Hindu religion, with its various rituals and myths. The book argues that Ma-hapatra is humanist in the trinity of religion, culture and time. In exploring these themes, he makes......
The book examines the works of six repre-sentative poets—from India and America—who in their writings reflect a desire for free-dom from gender oppression as also from age-old stifling traditions. The book studies cross-culturally the poetry of Emily Dickin-son and Sarojini......
This is perhaps one of the few critical books which have appeared in recent past aiming at deconstructing Eliot’s literary corpus. Deconstruction of his poems, prose and plays, as this study shows, leads to the discovery of Eliot’s own deconstructive insight into the
worldly......
A.K.Ramanujan holds a unique position in modern Indian poetic scene. His original poetry in English has its roots in his transla-tions. A comparative study of Ramanujan’s translation and his original poetic work in English affirms a contextualisation in terms of themes, motifs and......
Jayanta Mahapatra is one of the foremost poets writing in English today. The book makes a pioneering attempt to trace the socio-cultural forces that have gone into the shaping of the poet’s language and vision.
The anthology makes a survey of the trends and techniques in contemporary Indian Eng-lish poetry. A critical perspective of the poe-tic development over the last two decades is essential to promote a greater self-awareness, a more accurate knowledge of native traditions and a......
