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A remarkable collection of information on Indian women’s writing written originally in English. Beginning from the 19 century, it introduces 444 writers of poetry and fiction. Now, it has been a part of common critical parlance to say that the Indian English women’s writing is in ascendance. One aim of this bibliography is to illustrate this phenomenon and to emphasise the variety of writing. Writers included in the bibliography come from all over India and ...
Rushdie has put behind him the political and religious controversy that surrounded him in the aftermath of the appearance of The Satanic Verses. These two volumes endeavour to continue the literary-critical study of his works by bringing together some of the best critical essays written in the post-‘verses controversy’ period. The essays present an honest assessment of Rushdie’s works by creatively engaging with the issues each of them raises.
Although Indian women's short fiction has always enjoyed equal importance and popularity as their novels, very little critical attention has been paid to it so far. Indian women's short fiction seeks to fulfill this long felt need. It puts together fifteen perceptive and analytical articles by scholars across the world. The articles, which are focussed on native Indian writing as well as diasporic short fiction, deal with such interesting literary issues ...