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In the present post-modernist age, relations between the ‘centre’ and the ‘periphery’ are being redefined. The works by and on the marginalized elements of our society such as minorities, women and tribals therefore deserve to be studied afresh and in depth. The studies contained in the present volume show that Indian English literature can prove to be a reliable barometer of human response to social forces and their effects. They also prove a helpful ...
Profile in Literary Courage takes a fresh look into certain less known aspects of the works and achievements of five key figures of the English literature produced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : William Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot and William Somerset Maugham. These authors ushered in fresh waves of new thinking and writing in their age. Most of them began as rebels but ultimately succumbed to traditional modes of thinking and ...