• ISBN13: 9788126903931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 22, 2004
• Pages: 200
• Original Price: INR 395.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 260 grams

The book, New Perspectives on American Literature presents a scholarly study of American Literature right from the beginning to the present time. It includes discussions on American Women’s Drama, American Fiction and Recent American Poetry by eminent scholars of Russia, Spain and Finland. Besides these, there are highly scholarly studies of Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, John Updike, John A. Williams, James Baldwin, Katherine Anne Porter, Mark Strand and Richard Wright by the eminent scholars from the North to the South of India. The book would be useful for both the teachers and the students of American Literature.

Ishteyaque Shams did his M.A. in English securing first position in first class and Ph.D. from B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. He also holds P.G. degrees in Hindi, Urdu, History and Political Science and B.Ed., LL.B. and PGDTE (Hyderabad). He has also studied Arabic, Sanskrit, French and Russian Languages. Dr. Shams’s articles have appeared in various reputed journals and anthologies and he has got the honour of presenting his critical papers in two International Conferences besides many National Seminars. He is associated with several Literary forums and was awarded Teacher Study Grants from Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad twice. At present, he teaches English in R.L.S.Y. College, Bettiah, a constituent unit of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University. He is also engaged in supervising research works on Arun Joshi and Saul Bellow and has an MRP sanctioned by UGC on Comparative Literature. He has authored a book entitled The Novels of Ernest Hemingway : A Critical Study.

• Preface
• 1. American Literature at a Glance-ISHTEYAQUE SHAMS
• 2. American Women’s Drama and Its Critics-VERA SHAMINA
• 3. The Return of the Native American: The Theme of Homecoming in Contemporary Native North American Fiction-MARK SHACKLETON
• 4. Justifying Sethe’s Act in Toni Morrison’s Beloved-RASHMI GAUR
• 5. Recent American Poetry Anthologies: Contrastive Statements on Poetics and Constant Elements in Poetic Construction-MANUEL BRITO
• 6. The Power of the Poet and the Power of Word: Emerson and Whitman's Mythologies of Power-VIORICA PATEA
• 7. John Updike’s Achievement as a Novelist-S.M.R. AZAM
• 8. John A. Williams: The Novelist-JYOTI MISHRA
• 9. The Image of City in the Novels of James Baldwin-A.K. PANDEY
• 10. Katherine Anne Porter: Art of Characterization-ASTHA SUMAN
• 11. Mark Strand Among His Contemporaries-MD. EQUEBAL HUSSAIN
• 12. Richard Wright’s Native Son and Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable: An Outlook on Struggle for Social Justice and Human Dignity-K.N. MISHRA
• 13. From the Diaspora: Jews in Saul Bellow’s The Bellarosa Connection-S. JOSH
• 14. Humanism in the Novels of Saul Bellow-ISHTEYAQUE SHAMS
• Contributors