• ISBN13: 9788126927210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: April 29, 2023
• Pages: 268
• Original Price: INR 895.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 420 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

This book presents a collection of essays and research papers on Indian English Poetry and Fiction. It has been classified in two sections. Section A comprises essays on poets such as Toru Dutt, Aurobindo Ghose, Krishna Srinivas and Kamala Das. Section B contains essays on Indian English novelists like—R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Bhabani Bhattacharaya, Anita Desai, Khushwant Singh, Kamala Markandaya, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De, and Arun Joshi. The research papers in the book by some distinguished University teachers and professors of English posted in Indian Universities cover a brief critical survey of Indian English poetry and novel since their birth upto the present day. A brief survey of Indian English Religious Poetry and Humanistic Trends in Contemporary Indo-English Fiction has also been included.

Krishna Avtar Agrawal obtained his M.A. Degree from Lucknow University and Ph.D. degree from Meerut University. He started his teaching career as Lecturer in English in 1967. At present, he is Reader in English at Gurukul Kangri University, Hardwar (Uttaranchal). Dr. Agrawal has contributed a large number of research papers, articles and reviews to prestigious journals of India. He has published more than one dozen books on English and Indo-Anglian literatures. He has also edited two books on Swami Shraddhananda Saraswati—Socio-Political observations of Swami Shraddhananda and Editorial observations of Swami Shraddhananda. He has also co-edited two books—Swami Shraddhananda Ki Samkalin Tipanniya and Reflections on Indian English Literature. He has taken part in so many national seminars and conferences, and contributed research papers to them. At present, he is working on his forthcoming books on Raja Rao and Asif Currimbhoy.

• SECTION A

• INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY
• 1. Mind and Art of Toru Dutt-K.A. AGRAWAL
• 2. Religious Co-Existence: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo-N. SHARMA
• 3. Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry: Message of a Visionary-RASHMI GAUR
• 4. Vedantic Thoughts in the Poetry of Krishna Srinivas-S.C. DWIVEDI
• 5. To the Divine Beloved Visionary-SHUBHA TIWARI
• 6. Perspectives on Kamala Das’s Poetry: Confessionalism and Scientific Positivism-S.D. SHARMA
• 7. The Last Fifty Years of Indian Poetry in English: An Appraisal-A.N. DWIVEDI

• SECTION B

• INDIAN ENGLISH FICTION
• 8. Humanistic Trends in Contemporary Indo-English Fiction-J.P. TRIPATHI
• 9. Salt and Sawdust: Narayan’s ‘Table Talk’-M.R. VERMA
• 10. Tradition and Contemporaneity in the Novels of Raja Rao-KAVITA AGRAWAL
• 11. The Concept of Humanistic Values in the Novels of Arun Joshi-RASHMI GAUR and SHIVANI VATSA
• 12. Journey Beyond Death: A Symbolic View of Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri-O.P. BUDHOLIA
• 13. Khushwant Singh: The Painter of Panjabi Consciousness-AMBUJ KUMAR SHARMA
• 14. Search for Human Values: A Study in the Partition Novels-LALJI MISHRA
• 15. Psychic Dissociation of the Sequestered Self: Protagonists’ Dilemma in Anita Desai’s Early Fiction-BALRAM S. SOROT
• 16. Concept of Violence: A Critique of Kamala Markandaya’s Novels-ALKA RANI PURWAR
• 17. Depiction of Women in the Novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya and Shobha De: A Contrastive Study-NEELAM SINGH and RASHMI G.
• 18. “To be or not to be:” The Question of Professional Women in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors, Roots and Shadows and Small Remedies-SHUBHA DWIVEDI
• 19. Portrayal of Rural India in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve-L.M. JOSHI
• 20. Influence of T.S. Eliot in Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner-SIDDHARTHA SHARMA
• Contributors