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The present collection of fourteen essays focuses on Indian English literature. A writer’s essays published in the periodical press suffer from a certain ephemerality which is perhaps rather inescapable. The fate of those that appear in edited volumes, though slightly better, is not much different. Easy accessibility is facilitated when all these are garnered and brought out as an independent volume. It is this idea which has prompted the publication of this ...
What the author said in his preface to Indian English Literature (New Delhi: Anmol, 2003) is relevant in the case of Critical Gleanings which, in a manner of speaking, is a sequel to it. "A writer essays published in the periodical press suffer from a certain ephemerality which is perhaps rather inescapable. The fate of those that appear in edited volumes, though slightly better, is not much different. Easy accessibility is facilitated when all these are ...