Sunita Sinha
Showing all 13 books
Feminist Approaches to Literature: Vistas and Perspectives offers an edited collection of discourses, which are specifically feminist in content, showcasing major strands of contemporary feminist analysis. Instead of trying to be rigid regarding the nature of feminism or feminisms, this book offers some new thoughts on the various directions of feminism which might be apparent in the future. In doing so, the articles differ from the more traditionally accepted ...
The present anthology, Indian Women Writing in English: A Feminist Study is a comprehensive literary study of Indian fiction in English produced by Indian women writers. Each essay engages with significant questions relating to the society and the status of women in India’s literature and history. The book brings together 19 essays which prioritize focus and the scope of literary discussion on a whole new range of women's experiences and predicament. It ...
The literary canon of twentieth century illustrates an aesthetic shift marked by a tendency of literature to turn more experimental more anxious, and more self-questioning. The two world wars the social and political upheavals, the consolidation and expansion of multinational capitalism, the emergence of the information age, the struggle of postcolonial voices after the end of the British Empire, and the changing configuration of a new multicultural population ...
Today, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children seem to be the only hope, the only refuge, appealing not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child too. Mirroring the society from which the children arise, the book Canons of Children's Literature (Vol.1) strives towards cultivating awareness and understanding of current children's literature, authors and illustrators. Woven thematically around modern critical ...
Literary theories are indispensable tools for literature meant to interpret and evaluate works of literature with the mind of revealing the in-depth implications of such works.
Written in concise and clear language, Modern Literary Theories: New Perspective (Vol. I), offers a historical overview of literary criticism and theory throughout the twentieth century along with a close analysis of some of the most important and commonly taught texts from the period. The ...
"With Kiran Desai the 'fine tradition' of Indian Booker Prize winners continue. Like her mother Anita Desai, Kiran Desai emerges as a gifted writer. From the mother to the daughter we see a literary tradition being built, starting from Anita Desai's Psychological explorations in her fiction to Kiran Desai's experiment in the making of a comic fable in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and her insightful and often humorous commentary on ...
One of Britain's most interesting and complex contemporary novelists, Graham Greene is eminently readable and hugely topical. A diverse and prolific writer, he has also written poetry, children's books, film scripts, political reportage and travel books. Greene's novels have evoked lively interest not only in literary and academic circles but also gained popularity with the general reading public and cinema audience. In an attempt to establish their individual ...
In almost all the literatures of the world, the women writers are transcending the boundaries and making their presence felt on the international stage. Post-Colonial Women Writers: New Perspectives celebrates the excellence, originality and diversity in women's writings which is rapidly flourishing in the global market and creating waves. In a single work of literary criticism, the book presents a brilliant constellation of women writers--an exemplary canon of ...