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The present volume, comprising more than fourteen scholarly papers, offers a critical appraisal of Arundhati Roy as a novelist and provides varied perspectives on the major aspects of her debut novel The God of Small Things. The contributors to the volume comprises an august group of scholars and academics like Jaydipsinh Dodiya, Dr. Joya Chakravarty, Dr. Pramod K. Nayar, Dr. K.Ratna Shiela Mani, Dr. K.V. Surendran, Dr. K.K. John, Dr. C. Gopinatha Pillai, Nandini ...
Little is known about the miniscule community of the Parsis in spite of their considerable and significant contribution to various facets of national life in the Indian subcontinent. The opening section of the present book fills this void by providing authentic and scholarly insights into the Zoroastrian faith and some of its tenets. Further, it attempts to explore the distinctive character of the Parsi novels of the current era—in India and in Pakistan—as is ...
It is beyond doubt that the present book makes a pioneering attempt at the evaluation of the entire range of Indian English Fiction. It certainly makes a rich contribution to the areas of Indian English literature and commonwealth fiction.
T.S. Eliot, the major voice of the 20th century, continues to occupy an important place in the literary circles. Not only is his impact mind in the colleges, but he retains a hold even on scholars who are actively engaged in finding meaning. Critical Perspectives on T.S. Eliot's Poetry involves the efforts of such untiring minds whose fascination with Eliot leads them to research the 'Invisible Poet.' The scholarly research papers of A.K. Awasthi, Manish Sharma ...
Critical Essay on India Writing in English is a unique collection of scholarly essays on the works of prominent Indian writers like Kamala das, Nissim Ezekiel, Shashi Tharoor, Arun Johi, Anurag Mathur, Ruth Prawer Jabhvala, Shashi Deshpande, Jhuma Lahiri, Rohinton Mistry, Dina Mehta and basavaraj Nakira. The contributors to the volume comprise an august group eminent scholars like Niranjan Mohanty, V.Sam Sahayam, S. Ramaswamy, Kamal H. Mehta, K.ratna Shiela mani, ...
Indian Women Novelist in English edited by jaydipsingh Kisabhai Dodiya is a unique collection of scholarly essays on prominent Indian Women novelist writing in English. The novelists discussed in this anthology include Nayanatra sahgal, Kamala markandaya, Anita desai, Shashi deshpande, Gita Mehta, Amrita Pritam, Dina Mehta, Arundhati Roy, manju Kapur and Shobha De among others. The contributors to this book are an august group of academicians like S. Ramaswamy, ...
Parsi English Novel presents a critical study of four major Parsi novelists writing in English. The book includes the novels of Firdaus Kanga, Rohinton Mistry, Farrukh Dhondy and Bapsi Sidhwa from the view point of thematic concerns, characterization, plot structure, narrative technique and language. These major Parsi novelists delineate in their respective attempts to give the readers an idea of what make them portray their community in their fictional ...
Perspectives on the Novels of Rohinton Mistry presents a critical analysis of Rohinton Mistry's novels, which include such a long journey, A fine balance and Family matters. Of different Parsi writers, Rohinton Mistry, the socio-political novelist, has emerged as a formidable writer on the world literary scene. As an Indian who now lives and writers from Canada, he is a writer of the Indian Diaspora. Recently there has been a widespread growth of interest in his ...