• ISBN13: 9788126913831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: July 25, 2010
• Pages: 344
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 360 grams

British literature covers so much ground that it is often difficult for the teacher or student to know where to start. New Perspectives in British Literature presents comprehensive views of literature of the Renaissance, the Restoration, the Romantic period, and beyond. The anthology provides an introduction to the major writers and the main themes in British literature and offers a critical discussion of important debates engaging with concepts such as postmodernism; the impact of feminism and gender in literary studies; the rise of postcolonial literary theory; and the place of British literature within broader debates in contemporary culture. The book offers a thought-provoking analysis of a wide range of British writers. The width and depth of topics, styles, materials, and authors is simply staggering and will be of immense relevance to all the pursuers of English literature. This book will be a useful tool for readers wishing to know more about Britain's great literary tradition, for students pursuing English studies, for teachers and researchers in search of novelty and for libraries in need of an accessible reference work on this perennially interesting subject. Incorporating recent developments in the field, the anthology entices students to explore the subject further and also provides new syntheses that will be of interest to scholars.

Dr. Sunita Sinha is a gold medallist from Patna University, Bihar. She has been teaching English in Women’s College, Samastipur, L.N. Mithila University, Bihar. Dr. Sunita Sinha has authored two books, Graham Greene: A Study of His Major Novels and Post Colonial Women Writers: New Perspectives which have been published by Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. New Delhi. She has edited three anthologies on Postcolonial literature, i.e. New Urges in Post Colonial Literature: Widening Horizons, Reconceiving Postcolonialism: Visions and Revisions and Postcolonial Imaginings: Fissions and Fusions and also Critical Responses to Kiran Desai. She has participated in many national and international seminars and conferences and has written many scholarly papers which have been published in various national & international journals. Her areas of interest are British, Indian, Australian, Canadian and Postcolonial literature. She is also the Assistant Editor of The Atlantic Critical Review.

• Preface
• 1. Venetian Ideology or Transversal Power? Iago’s Motives and the Means by which Othello Falls–Joseph Fitzpatrick and Bryan Reynolds
• 2. Milton in America: The Case of Jackson County, Florida–Bruce Boehrer
• 3. The Victorian and Postmodern Metamorphoses of Dorian Gray: Narrating the Body Other–Esterino Adami
• 4. Shaw’s Candida: A Double-Entendre–Chidananda Bhattacharya
• 5. The Country-City Opposition in Blake: A Study of Songs of Innocence and Experience–Kenneth Usongo
• 6. Baldassare Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier in Renaissance England–Carole Rozzonelli
• 7. Imagery in Shakespeare’s Histories–Sanjay Kumar Sinha
• 8. Lord Byron: The Romantic Augustan –N. Sharada Iyer
• 9. Response to the Seventies: The Characterization of Rose and Frances, Heroines of Margaret Drabble’s Novels The Needle’s Eye and The Realms of Gold–Arpa Ghosh
• 10. Moral and Religious Gnosis in Plays of Samuel Beckett–Anita Myles
• 11. “Ode to a Nightingale”: Keats’ Clairvoyant Journey–Purnendu Chatterjee
• 12. Experience, Self-Realization and Artistic Vision: Stephen Dedalus in Joyce’s A Portrait–Ernest L. Veyu
• 13. As You Like It, in Amazing Location–Manju Dutta Gupta
• 14. Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Poet and the Priest: A Study of The Windhover–Nandini Sahu and Padmini Sahu
• 15. D.H. Lawrence: Cosmic Symbolism in Sons and Lovers–Vinita Singh
• 16. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth: A Case Study in Management–Arindam Das
• 17. Dreams, Nightmares and The Ancient Mariner –Nishi Pulugurtha
• 18. The House as Sign in Sons and Lovers–Bristi Basu
• 19. Of Human Bondage: Fact-Fiction Interface–Reena Mitra
• 20. Shakespeare: The Bard Par Excellence–Vandana Datta
• 21. William Blake: A Symbolist with a Prophetic Vision–Sanghita Sen
• Contributors