• ISBN13: 9788126937462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: December 31, 2024
• Pages: 192
• Original Price: INR 995.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 350 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

Mulk Raj Anand is widely recognised as one of the most prominent English novelists in India. Translated into many languages both within India and abroad, he is universally acclaimed as a progressive writer.

This anthology of critical essays delves into Anand’s internationally reputed novels such as Untouchable, Coolie, Gauri and his various collections of short stories. The essays offer an innovative critical perspective, embracing the latest theories and schools of thought. They also provide unique insights into themes, characters as well as the form and design of the texts. Furthermore, a detailed interview with Anand facilitates a peep into the writer’s workshop, revealing hitherto unexplored facets of Anand’s artistic persona.

Considered a valuable addition to the field of fiction studies, The Novels of Mulk Raj Anand is an indispensable collection of essays for students, teachers, researchers and the general public seeking a deeper understanding on literary theory, fiction, Indian English literature, sociology of literature and progressivism.

Dr. Manmohan K. Bhatnagar is Chairman and professor in the Department of English, M.D University, Rohtak (Haryana), India. A distinguished scholar and a veteran teacher, he is also Chairman of the State Inter-University Common Syllabi Committee in English of Kurukshetra University and M.D. University.

Having been selected for the prestigious Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship, Dr. Bhatnagar has been a U.G.C. empanelled resource person with numerous publications including Political Consciousness in Indian English Writing, Kamala Markanday: A Critical Spectrum and The Fiction of Nayantara Sahgal. His areas of interest are Literary Theory, Comparative Literature, Commonwealth and Indian English Literature and Third World Fiction.

Prof. M. Rajeshwar teaches at the Department of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. His published works of criticism include The Novels of Wole Soyinka and Indian Women Novelists and Psychoanalysis. The books he has edited include Post-Modernism and English Literature, The Novels of Anita Desai: A Critical Study, Lifescapes: Telugu Short Stories by Naveen and Indian Fiction in English. He has been Associate Editor of the prestigious Kakatiya Journal of English Studies for several years and has published numerous articles on Indian, African and American fiction in reputed journals.

• Contents
• Preface…iii
• 1. Mulk Raj Anand: A Portrait of an Artist as Crusader…1
• M.K. Bhatnagar
• 2. A Critical Study of Mulk Raj Anand as a Short Story Writer…. 5
• B. Vyaghreswarudu
• 3. Outside of the Magic Circle: A Study of Anand’s Untouchable…11
• A. Jaganmohana Chari
• 4. Practice before Ideology: Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable…26
• Surjit S. Dulai
• 5. Anand’s Bakha: An Epical Character…49
• A.K. Sinha
• 6. Bakha: An Existential Analysis…55
• S. Laxmana Murthy
• 7. Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie: A Critical Study…65
• H.U. Khan
• 8. Gauri/The Cow: The Issue of Female Subaltern… 80
• Identity in Mulk Raj Anand’s Novel
• Alessandro Monti
• 9. The Literary Style of Mulk Raj Anand…89
• Smruti Ranjan Behera
• 10. An Interview with Mulk Raj Anand…124
• Lalji Misravi
• 11. Myth and Realism in The Old Woman and the Cow…129
• P.K. Rajan
• 12. The Artist and his “Beloveds” in…135
• Mulk Raj Anand’s Morning Face
• F.A. Inamdar
• 13. Twice-born Ananta in The Big Heart 145
• F.A. Inamdar
• 14. Untouchable: A Manifesto of…150
• Indian Socio-political Realism
• Gajendra Kumar
• 15. Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie: A Saga of Suffering…158
• Hari Om Prasad
• 16. Image of A Rural Indian Woman in Gauri…171
• Basavaraj Naikar
• Bibliography…184