The studies in this volume are by way of an enquiry into a variety of dramaturgical methods and processes, many of these not much attended to in criticism until now, that contribute to the theatrical dynamics of the Shakespeare plays. The book unravels the function and effect of many such poetic, rhetorical, topological, visual and theatrical devices which Shakespeare exploits in an ‘exploratory – creative’ manner. Together, the essays bring some idea of ...
Dalits in Dravidian Land: Frontline Reports on Anti-Dalit Violence in Tamil Nadu, 1995-2004
The book presents a selection of S. Viswanathan's papers on English literature in various scholarly periodicals and collections. It has three sections -on Milton, on other authors and on contemporary critical theory and practice. The essays together exemplify a range of historico-critical interpretative approaches and methods. They may be said to bring something new to the perspective in which the literary or critical works concerned may be viewed. The cumulative ...