• ISBN13: 9788171568550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: June 20, 1999
• Pages: 236
• Original Price: INR 395.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 240 grams

The present book seeks to bring out the contours of the Indian novel with a social purpose which has stuck deep roots in the Indian soil by imaginatively treating the contemporary problems and artistically exploring and interpreting India in all its variegated aspects. It shows how the Indian English novelists, who are inspired by the vision of a just social order portray powerfully the real grandeur of the poor and the down-trodden and their yearning for a just, humane Indian polity.
Divided into two parts, the book covers both the Indian novels originally written in English and the Indian novels originally written in regional languages and translated into English. If the first group of the novels depicts the political, economic and social oppression of the individual the second group centers on the individual's search for identity. This book is expected to be of considerable interest and use to the teachers as well as the students of Indian English fiction.

K. Venkata Reddy is at present Professor of English and Principal at Sri Krishnadevaraya University. He has published widely in different journals in India and contributed to international journals like World Literature Written in English and Journal of South Asian Literature. His other publications include Major Indian Novelists (1991), Ben Jonson : His Dramatic Art (1994), Critical Studies in Commonwealth Literature (1994), M.V. Rama Sarma : His Mind and Art (1995), New Directions in Higher Education in India (1996) and Changing Attitudes to Education in India (1998). He has edited Ben Jonson’s The Silent Woman and Bartholomew Fair under Macmillan Annotated Classics. He has travelled widely, visiting countries like Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and USA to participate in International Conferences. His papers presented at the Fifth World Shakespeare Congress in Tokyo (1991) and International Conference on Shakespeare in Washington (1997) were well received.
Prof. P.B. Reddy had his education at Sri Venkatesware University, Tirupati, India. His two books — The Plays of Asif Currimbhoy & Studies in Indian Writing in English — have already won reputation for him in the world of scholarship. His articles have appeared in several scholarly journals including The Journal of Indian Writing in English, Litterit, Ariel and The Modern Review. Prof. Reddy visited the Universities of Iowa, Texas and Toronto as a Senior Fulbright Fellow. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Iowa, U.S.A. He teaches English Language and Literature at the Department of English, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India.