• ISBN13: 9788126914302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 22, 2011
• Pages: 304
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 270 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

The world body of literature in English, during the last few centuries, has been immensely enriched by women writers with their sharp perception and profound insight into hitherto unexplored areas of human experience on the one hand, and technical innovations—often daring and always refreshing—on the other. The new series—Studies in Women Writers in English—is a grateful acknowledgment of that contribution and public recognition of their voice. The twenty-four essays included in this volume cover a wide spectrum of contemporary women writers across India and abroad, including diasporic spaces of the world today. In addition to the over-view studies, the women writers discussed in this volume represent a wide spectrum ranging from Rita Dove and Nikki Giovanni to Kamala Das, Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, and Kiran Desai. Since most of these authors are prescribed in the English syllabus in the universities of India, both the teachers and the students will find the book extremely useful, and the general readers who are interested in literature in English and/or women writers will also find it intellectually stimulating.

Mohit K. Ray, a full Professor since 1982, and recently retired, is one of the seniormost professors in the country. He has four books and a large number of research papers published in scholarly journals in India and abroad, which reflect his wide range of scholarship. Professor Ray has attended and chaired sessions as an invited participant in many international conferences, seminars, and colloquia held in different parts of the globe. He has edited several anthologies of critical studies. At present, he is working as the Chief Editor of Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. Books authored by Mohit K. Ray include T.S. Eliot: Search for a Critical Credo (1978); Bhasa Bijnaner Godar Katha (in Bengali); Studies in Literary Criticism (2001); and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: A Critical Study (2005). He edits The Atlantic Critical Review, an international quarterly of global circulation. Rama Kundu is a full Professor of English. She has been teaching in the Postgraduate Department of English, Burdwan University, West Bengal, since 1976. Besides being the author of five books, she has edited several books. She is the Editor of The Atlantic Literary Review, an internationally acclaimed journal of great repute. She has to her credit a large number of research papers published in scholarly journals and anthologies in India and abroad. Books authored by Dr. Kundu include Vision and Design in Hardy’s Fiction (1984); Wrestling with God: Studies in English Devotional Poetry (1996); Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain (2005); New Perspectives on British Authors: From William Shakespeare to Graham Greene (2006); and Ānandamath O Sāmpradāiktā (on Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, 1987).

• General Preface
• Preface
• 1. An Encounter with the Labyrinthine Affairs of Life–Devika
• 2. Home from Dance: Poetry of Rita Dove–S.K. Padhy
• 3. A Quest for Home in the Poetry of Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove–Mamata Rath
• 4. Feminine Voices in Indian English Poetry: Colonial and Postcolonial Perspective–Zinia Mitra
• 5. Impact of Western Confessionalists on Kamala Das’s Concept of Death and Suicide–R.K. Mishra
• 6. Mena Abdullah’s ‘Mirbani’: A tale of Family Life–Vinod Kumar Singh
• 7. A Point of View: Interpreting Voices in the City by Anita Desai–Usha Rani
• 8. Emergency in Nayantara Sahgal’s Rich Like Us–Nirmala Pant
• 9. Nature as Metaphor: A Study of Anita Desai’s In Custody–Reena Mitra
• 10. Fasting, Feasting: Food, Consumption and Politics of Power–Arpana Nath
• 11. In the World of Fasting, Feasting: Failing all Around–Usha Rani
• 12. The Dravidian Aesthetics in Anita Desai: A Feminist Perspective–V. Ramesh
• 13. Shifting Paradigms of Feminine Sensibility: A Critique of Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence–Manjeet
• 14. Marital Disharmony in Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence–S.B. Bhambar
• 15. Writings from the Margins: A Study of Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors–Ram Sharma
• 16. Journey from Self-denial to Self-development: A Study of the Female Protagonists in Shashi Deshpande’s Novels–Sunita Goel
• 17. Aesthetics of ‘Loss’ in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss–Beena Agarwal
• 18. Bound by the West: A Study of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss–J. Samuel Kirubahar and Sheela P. Karthick
• 19. Sexual Politics in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss–Krishna Singh
• 20. Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss: A Postmodern Novel?–Santwana Haldar
• 21. Loss of Human Values: An Approach to The Inheritance of Loss–Smita Jha
• 22. An Exploration of the Contemporary Human Condition in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss–Gur Pyari Jandial
• 23. Diasporic Experiences: Love, Longing and Losses in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss–Krishna Singh
• 24. The Inheritance of Loss: Mapping Postcolonial Indian Masculinities–Purnendu Chatterjee
• Contributors