• ISBN13: 9788126925223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 25, 2021
• Pages: 204
• Original Price: INR 695.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 350 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

Contemporary Indian Women Novelists in English: New Perspectives attempts to study and analyse some prominent Indian women novelists whose contributions to English literature in general and Indian writing in English in particular are immense. The writers included in this anthology are: Anita Desai, Mahasweta Devi, Shashi Deshpande, Arundhati Roy, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Shobhaa De, Manju Kapur, Jai Nimbkar, Anuradha Roy, Meena Alexander, Lakshmi Kannan, Bama and Volga. The articles selected for this book present the various aspects of the above-mentioned authors as projected in their respective works. The book, we hope, will certainly be welcomed by the students as well as the teachers of English literature.

Amar Nath Prasad, M.A. Ph.D., is Associate Professor and head at P.G. Deptt. of English, Jagdam College, J.P. University, Chhapra (Bihar). He is a well-known author, editor, and critic of Indian writing in English. He has to his credit more than a dozen standard books of English literature. He also edits a biannual research journal of English literature. More than fifty of his research papers have been published in different books, magazines, and journals. Some of his interesting books are: (1) Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things: A Critical Appraisal, (2) A Critical Response to Indian Writing in English, (3) Ghashiram Kotwal: A Critical Study, (4) Recritiquing John Keats (five other books in this series are also published), (5) Indian Poetry in English: Roots and Blossoms, and (6) Feminism in Indian Writing in English. Ashish Gupta is Associate Professor in the Department of Postgraduate Studies of Research in English in J.H. Govt. P.G. College, Betul (M.P.). He has a teaching experience of 22 years. He has attended several national and international seminars and conferences. Till now, his more than 40 research papers have been published in reputed journals and anthologies. His co-edited book Women Sensibility in Indian Women Novelists has received accolades from different literary corners. He is the associate editor/ member of the editorial/ review/ advisory boards of various prestigious international journals. He has edited one book and co-edited seven books.

• Preface
• Contributors
• 1. Women Sensibility in the Novels of Anita Desai
• Uddhav Jane
• 2. Love of Life in the Fiction of Anita Desai
• Pushpa Lakhdive
• 3. Women Sensibility in Select Novels of Mahasweta Devi
• K. Radha and R. Rajalaksmi
• 4. Reflection of Compromising Self of Modern Indian Woman: ‘Indu’ in Roots and Shadows
• Sandip P. Chavan
• 5. Arundhati Roy’s The Algebra of Infinite Justice: A Work of Poetic Truth and Poetic Beauty
• Amar Nath Prasad
• 6. What is in a Name?: Naming as an Agent of Self-articulation and Mobilisation in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine
• J. Samuel Kirubahar and S. Kanakaraj
• 7. Alienation of Women under the Perception of Feminine Sensibility in Select Novels of Bharati Mukherjee: A Study
• M. Natarajan
• 8. Portrayal of Women in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
• R. Soundararajan and P. Murugesan
• 9. A Study on Priorities and Prerogative of Karuna in Shobhaa De’s Socialite Evenings
• R. Soundararajan and S. Chitra
• 10. Romanticizing of Marriage in Manju Kapur’s A Married Woman
• Uddhav Jane
• 11. Changing Image of Women in Difficult Daughters
• Ashish Gupta
• 12. Marriage as Taboo: A Study on Jai Nimbkar’s Temporary Answer
• R. Soundararajan
• 13. Sexual Violence in the Spiritual Sanctuary: A Study of Anuradha Roy’s Sleeping on Jupiter
• N. Velmani
• 14. Marginalization in the Select Novels of Meena Alexander
• C. Shanmuga Priya
• 15. The Cultural Affirmation and Resistance in the Writings of Bama
• Shibu Simon
• 16. Is Marriage a Mirage? An Analysis of Volga’s Short Story “Experiment”
• V. Sunitha