Indian English Literature 1980-2000: A Critical Survey

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This volume surveys the astonishing flowering of Indian Writing in English during the last two decades. After a brief but trenchant analysis of the milieu, it examines the literary productions in the genres of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose. The range of this study is comprehensive, almost encyclopaedic, the style lively and jargon-free, and the critical enquiry perceptive and succinct, followed by an exhaustive bibliography of secondary sources. A sequel to A History of Indian English Literature (1982) by M.K. Naik, this study is jointly authored by him and Shyamala A. Narayan. It should hopefully prove as indispensable to both scholars and common readers of Indian Writing in English as did its widely acclaimed predecessor.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M K Naik

M.K. Naik is an internationally acknowledged authority on Indian English Literature and Anglo-Indian Fiction. His History of Indian English Literature (1982; seven editions upto 2003), and its sequel (in collaboration with Shyamala Narayan), Indian English Literature 1980-2000 (2001; two editions upto 2004) are both the vade-mecum for the student. His essay, 'Towards An Aesthetic of Indian English Literature' has been included in a text-book for the British Open University. Apart from his critical studies of the 'Big Three' (Anand, Narayan, and Raja Rao), he has also written and edited several other critical volumes in this area.