• ISBN13: 9788126929436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 20, 2019
• Pages: 260
• Original Price: INR 695.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 430 grams

The Writings of Amitav Ghosh: Exploration of Multiple Worlds deals with the critical perspectives of Ghosh’s oeuvre of fictional and non-fictional works. A meticulously researched volume, it focuses on the important dimensions of Ghosh’s writing from Travel and Diaspora, History and Political Struggles, Identity Crisis and South East Asian Population, Autobiographical Elements, and finally Post-colonial and Post-modern Existence beyond the countries, continents and oceans. These are the themes on which the book moves around with first-hand research by eminent scholars and critics.

Dr. P.V. Laxmiprasad, M.A., Ph.D. (English) is an eminent academician, an erudite scholar, a literary critic, and a senior editor. A teacher with two decades of experience, he is working in the Department of English, Satavahana University, Karimnagar, Telangana. With a scholarly output of 15 books in English Literature, he has served the cause of Indian Writing in English. His publications speak of his outstanding credentials and long-standing contribution to literature. All his publications have been internationally acclaimed by critics and authors. Overall, he has 300 publications to his credit.

• Preface
• Bio-note of Amitav Ghosh
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• 1. Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies: A Fictional Metaphor for the Process of Change
• D. Gnanasekaran
• 2. Narrativizing History and Historicizing the Narrative: Reading Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
• C.A. Assif
• 3. Impacts of Post-colonialism and Post-modernism in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace
• S. Malathy
• 4. Culture Speaks: An Ethnographic Study of Amitav Ghosh’s In an Antique Land
• Prasaja VP
• 5. Giving Voice to Subaltern in the Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh
• P. Premchandar
• 6. The Art of Characterization in the Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh
• S. Mohan Raj
• 7. The Colonial Impact on the Individual and the Social Lives: A Postcolonial Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies
• R. Karthika Devi
• 8. Food as a Metaphor in Amitav Ghosh’s In an Antique Land
• S. Barathi
• 9. Inclusion and Exclusion: A Postcolonial Reading of The Shadow Lines
• Charles Joseph
• 10. Significance of History and Human Influence in the Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh: A Critical Overview
• N. Asharudeen
• 11. Marginalisation and Uncertainty in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies
• X. Anita Arul
• 12. Postmodern Historiography: A Study on Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace
• Prasaja VP
• 13. The Shadow Lines: A Futuristic Post-colonial Voyage
• Gobinda Sahoo
• 14. Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide: A Subaltern Narrative
• Palakurthy Dinakar
• 15. Sea of Poppies: Introspective Narrative
• Anju S. Nair
• 16. In an Antique Land: A Transcultural Travel Narrative
• Lingaraj Patra
• 17. Trans-cultural Communication in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
• S. Jayalakshmi
• 18. Nature vs. Nurture: An Eco Critical Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
• S. Karthik Kumar
• 19. Maximalism in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace
• D. Geraldin
• 20. Shifting Contours/Marring Boundaries: A Cultural Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies
• Vidya Merlin Varghese
• 21. A Paradoxical Reading of The Shadow Lines with Reference To Tha’mma
• G. Srilatha
• 22. Ecological Degradation in Amitav Ghosh’s The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
• Candy D’Cunha
• 23. Multiple Narratives in Amitav Ghosh’s Travel Writings: A Reading of In an Antique Land
• K.V. Raghupathi