• ISBN13: 9788171569458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Pages: 120
• Original Price: INR 250.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 200 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

The book brings together a collection of scholarly papers on different issues of Indian Fiction in English. It makes an intensive study of the works of the novelists who have helped in shaping Indian English Fiction and earned reputation as literary jewels of the world: Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, R.P. Jhabvala, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, B. Rajan, Shashi Deshpande, Khushwant Singh, Raj Kamal Jha and Arundhati Roy. The research papers, written by eminent scholars, reflect their critical vitality and interpretative acumen. The book deepens the existing critical responses and also explores the unlit corner of Indo-English fiction.

Pramod Kumar Singh teaches English at S.P. Jain College, Sasaram (Bihar). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1986 from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. At present he is working for his D.Litt. on contemporary trends in Indian Fiction in English. He has contributed a number of papers to literary journals and has edited The Literary Mirror, a bi-annual journal exclusively devoted to creative writing, research and criticism. His books, The Novels of R.K. Narayan : A Critical Study, 3000 Uncommon Idioms and Phrases and Improve Word Power, have earned widespread acclaims for him. His books on Salman Rushdie and Major Indo-English Novelists and Novels are under print.

• 1. Khushwant Singh’s The Company of Women : A Fictional Fantasy of Sizzling Sex
• Pramod Kumar Singh
• 2. Clinton-Helen-Bashiam Relationship in Markandaya’s The Coffer Dams
• Ramesh Kumar Srivastava
• 3. In an Alien Country : Cross-cultural Experience in Bye-Bye Blackbird
• Prabhat Kumar Pandeya
• 4. Kamala Markandaya’s Two Virgins : A Study in Tradition and Modernity
• R.N. Rai
• 5. Religion, Sex and Politics in Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses
• Pramod Kumar Singh
• 6. Marital Discord in R.P. Jhabvala’s Fiction
• Jagdish Prasad Singh
• 7. Feminism in R.K. Narayan’s Novels
• Siyaram Prasad Sinha
• 8. Salman Rushdie’s Novels : Themes & Techniques
• Pramod Kumar Singh and Mrs. Roma Singh
• 9. Novel As Indian Voice : A Study in Chaman Nahal
• Rajesh Kumar Sinha
• 10. Thematic Complexity in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar In A Sieve
• V.K. Arora
• 11. The Interaction of Individuality and Social Awareness in R.K.. Narayan’s Novels
• Pramod Kumar Singh
• 12. Myth and Symbol in B. Rajan’s The Dark Dancer
• G. Rai
• 13. Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things : A Mirror of Contemporary Indian Psyche
• Pramod Kumar Singh
• 14. The Concept of New-Woman in Shashi Deshpande’s Novel : That Long Silence
• Pramod Kumar Singh and R.K. Gupta
• 15. The Blue Bedspread : Twisted Autobiography of An Alienated Man
• Krishna Kant Singh
• 16. Novel As a Mirror of Indian Culture : A Study in Raja Rao’s Fiction
• Pramod Kumar Singh and A.S. Rao
• 17. Feverish Fallacy : A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome
• R.K. Gupta
• 18. Shobha De’s Sultry Days : A Tale of Strange Obsessions
• P.K.Singh
• 19. Kamala Markandaya’s Possession : A Revaluation
• Shayam S. Agarwalla
• 20. Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet : The Theme of Love, Life & Death
• K.K. Singh
• 21. Exposition of the Theme of Hunger in Kamala Markandaya’s Nactar in a Sieve
• Pradipsinh B. Rathod
• 22. Khushwant Singh’s Delhi : A Queer Blend of History and Romance
• P.K. Singh
• 23. Submissive Soul : A Study in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
• Ramesh Kumar Gupta