• ISBN13: 9788126904105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 22, 2004
• Pages: 192
• Original Price: INR 395.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 240 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

The book presents a collection of papers that are wide ranging not only in the choice of authors—two of the Big Trio, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao on the one hand, and the recent ones like Upamanyu Chatterjee and Manju Kapur on the other, but also in the different angles from which these novelists have been discussed. It includes a much talked about author like Arundhati Roy as well as a remarkable but less discussed writer like Ruskin Bond. It consists of feminist study as well as semiotic study and postmodern reading.

Dr Mukesh Ranjan Verma, who had his higher education at Allahabad University, has been teaching in different universities since 1977. At present, he is Professor of English and Dean, Faculty of Humanities at Gurukul Kangri University, Hardwar. Professor Verma has published one book, The Alien Land and co-edited another, Reflections on Indian English Literature. He has written a large number of research papers on both British and Indian English literature. His main area of interest is Indian English fiction. Dr Ambuj Kumar Sharma, who is a Reader in English at Gurukul Kangri University, Hardwar, has been teaching for nearly two decades. His book, The Theme of Exploitation in the Novels of Mulk Raj Anand, is one of the widely appreciated books on Anand. His another book, Gandhian Strain in Indian English Novel, is to be published shortly. Besides, he has written about a dozen research papers, mainly on Indian English fiction.

• 1. V.S. Naipaul.sA Bend in the River: A Critical Study
• Ashok Kumar Bachchan
• 2. The Element of Human Compassion in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya
• Sarita Verma
• 3. Vikram Seth: An Equal Music
• P.S. Sanyal
• 4. A Social Semiotic Study of Shobha De’s Narratives
• Pratibha Gupta
• 5. An Analysis of Anita Desai.s Maya as ‘A Pure Woman’
• Anita Parihar
• 6. A Bend in the Ganges and Gandhi.s Philosophy of Non -violence
• Ambuj Kumar Sharma
• 7. Feminist Perspectives in Shashi Deshpande.s That Long Silence
• L.M. Joshi
• 8. Socio-political Concerns in Bhabani Bhattacharya.s So Many Hungers
• Manjusha Kaushik
• 9. Readability of Difficult Daughters
• Manju Roy
• 10. Manoj Das.s Cyclones: An Authentic Indian Novel
• H.P. Shukla
• 11. R.K. Narayan’s The Guide: A Study in Feminist Perspective
• Akhileshwar Thakur
• 12. A Postmodern Reading of Arundhati Roy.s The God of Small Things
• Yogesh Kumar Sinha
• 13. Raja Rao’s Comrade Kirillov: A Critical Appraisal
• Kavita Agrawal
• 14. Influence of The Bhagavadgita in Arun Joshi.s The Foreigner
• Siddartha Sharma
• 15. The Problem of Inter-racial Marriage in Timeri Murari.s The Marriage
• Hemlata Singh
• 16. The Fictional World of Ruskin Bond
• Meenu S. Sodhi
• 17. Antithetical Patterns in Upamanyu Chatterjee’s English, August
• Mukesh Ranjan Verma
• Contributors