"Spectrum of British Literature" presents a collection of twenty-seven research papers on British literature that are wide ranging in nature, dealing with drama, poetry, fiction and critical trends. The book covers earlier writers, such as William Shakespeare, John Webster, John Dryden, G.B. Shaw, William Wordsworth, Mathew Arnold, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen as well as recent ones, such as Siegfried Sassoon, Paul Scott, Radelyfee Hall, and Lacan. ...
Asif Currimbhoy is "India's first authentic voice in the theatre". He is the one modern Indian playwright who has shown great interest in producing drama. Among the very few Indian dramatists writing plays in English, he has made his debut as a dramatist for the stage. His twenty nine plays are first and foremost meant for the stage and he brilliantly succeeds in producing "Actable" plays. The aim of the present volume is to make a close and ...
The book present a collection of twenty three research papers on Post-Colonial Indian English Literature that are wide ranging in nature dealing with fiction, short stories, drama and critical trends. They cover writers such as Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Chaman Nahal, Anita Desai, Asif Currimbhoy and Girish Karnad. There is also a brief survey of Post-colonialism and textuality of Indian English Fiction. ...