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ISBN13: 9788126934416
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: English Literature
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
Publication Date: July 28, 2022
Pages: 576
Original Price: INR 1495.0
Language: English
Edition: N/A
Item Weight: 690 grams
BISAC Subject(s): Drama

About The Book

This anthology contains critical articles of the famous Indian regional playwrights like Sudraka, Kalidasa, Rabindranath Tagore, Kuvempu, Gurzada Apparao, Dwijendra Lal Roy, Mohan Rakesh, Badal Sircar, Vijay Tendulkar, R. Parthasarathy, Utpal Dutt, M.M. Kalburgi, Chandrasekhar Kambara, P. Lankesh, Chandrasekhar Patil, Girish Karnad, Habib Tanvir, and Mahaweta Devi, who represent the different languages of India like Bangla, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. The play texts discussed in this anthology consist of The Little Clay-Cart, Recognition of Sakuntala, Andh Yug, A Throat for a Thumb, Kurukhetra, The Graveyard, The Sudra Ascetic, Half-way House, One Day in Ashadha, Evam Indrajit, Ghasiram Kotwal, Silence! The Court is in Session, Fall of Kalyana, Aurangzeb, Ramanujar, Legend of Nandan, Kanyasulkam, Sirisampige, Hayavadana, Tughlaq, Hunting the Sun, Fall of Mewar, Agra Bazaar, Red Oleanders, Mukta-dhara, Mother of 1082, Kannada Comedies, Kannada Absurd Drama, Sannatas and Shadow Plays of Karnataka.

About The Author

Dr. Basavaraj Naikar, M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt. (California), UGC Emeritus Fellow, and former Professor and Chairman (Department of English, Karnatak University, Dharwad) is a bilingual writer who writes both in Kannada and English. He also reviews Indian literary works for World Literature Today, Oklahoma, USA, and for many Indian journals regularly. His research interests include Indian English Literature, American Literature, Commonwealth Literature, Anglo-Indian Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Translation Studies, and Comparative Literature. His critical and research articles in English and Kannada have been published in regional, national, and international journals of repute. His English publications include Indian English Literature (9 vols. set), The Sun Behind the Cloud, The Rebellious Rani of Belavadi and Other Stories, Indian Response to Shakespeare, Nirad Chaudhuri: As a Critic of Modern Culture, and Commonwealth Literature: A Kaleidoscopic Vision. His translations from the Kannada into English include Fall of Kalyana, Sangya Balya: A Tale of Love and Betrayal, The Vacanas of Sarvajna, The Holy Water, and The Frolic Play of the Lord.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. The Little Clay Cart: A Tragicomedy of Noble Love
2. The Recognition of Sakuntala: A Sublime Comedy
3. Three Mythological Plays of Kuvempu
4. The Vision of Darkness in Andha Yug
5. Fall of Kalyana: A Historical Play about Religious Revolution
6. Ramanujar: The Story of a Religious Reformer
7. The Legend of Nandan: A Tragedy of Gullibility
8. Duality of Experience in Sirisampige
9. Quest for Completeness in Hayavadana
10. The Collision between Religious Fanaticism and Eclecticism in Aurangzeb
11. Political Hostility and Emotional Attachment in the Historical Play, Fall of Mevar
12. Artistic Liberty and the Slavery of Authority in One Day in Ashadha
13. Kanyasulkam: A Satirical Comedy
14. The Conflict between Bondage and Liberation in Mukta-dhara
15. Tughlaq: A Tale of the Failure of Idealism
16. Science, Religion, Truth and Falsehood in Hunting the Sun
17. Ghashiram Kotwal: A Tragedy of Power
18. Satirical Vision in Silence! The Court is in Session
19. Immortalization of the Common Man in Agra Bazaar
20. The Drama of P. Lankesh
21. The Kannada Comedies of Chandrashekhar Patil
22. Mother-Son Relationship in Mother of 1082
23. The Absurd Drama in Kannada
24. Symbolic Imagery in Red Oleanders
25. Disintegration of the Family in Halfway House
26. Existential Vision in Evam Indrajit
27. The Nature and Evolution of Saņņãţas in North Karnãţaka
28. Shadow Plays in Karnataka
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Index

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