The book makes a critical attempt to study the poetic output of Jayanta Mahapatra one of the leading Indian English poets. Mahapatra's poetic oeuvre is laden with the mythical landscape of his native land Orissa. The culture, sensibility and way of life of the people of his land of birth forms the nucleus in this poetry. Mahapatra himself wants to be known as on Oriya Indian poet writing in English who endeavors to develop a relationship with his inner self and ...