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This comprehensive study of the 'makers' of Indian English Literature ranges from the sporadic but landmark Voices of the nineteenth century to the spurting creativity in the post-Rushdie, contemporary scenario. The contributors, unswayed by the increasing threat of publisher-media offensive to appropriate the critical function, firmly adhere to the time-tested tradition of explorations, discriminations, empathy and evaluation. They interrogate inflated ...
Much harm has been done to the life of the mind in modern India, and to human relation, by pusillanimous considerations, as most of us would have constantly noticed, even highly respected people assume attitudes like “I quite agree with what you say, but how can I say it openly A small, compact society like the British, where people in professions known each other so well, have been able to live together in a civilized way without concealing ...
This volume offers a critique of the problematics involved in the discipline of English Studies in India over the past fifty years. In a closely argued discourse the author constructs and validates his intellectual odyssey in English Studies in terms of an irreversible movement away from the exclusive domain of a literature written in the U.K. to a more inclusive, enriching and composite concept of literature written in English the world over. Jargon-free and ...
For decades now, C. D. Narasimhaiah has laid the standards for critical study of Indian writing in English. Coolly, soberly, and with detachment from the excitement of the moment, he has sought to evaluate the work of India’s authors in English. Along with the pioneering writers themselves, CDN, as Professor Narasimhaiah is popularly known, has made a signal contribution in establishing Indian English writing, not only as an academic discipline in the ...