Dissolution of colonies and emergence of independent states generated new debates and brought about a change in the concerns of the people of the former colonies. Therefore, it is felt that a marked shift has occurred in the representation of India in European discourses in the contemporary period. Articles included in the volume Encountering the Indian are drawn from different disciplines and offer a rereading of those cultural texts which emerged during or ...
Cervantes and Don Quixote: Proceedings of the Delhi Conference on Miguel de Cervantes
This collection of essays on Cervantes and his works is the outcome of an International Conference held in Delhi in 2005. Eminent experts -- Cervantistas -- from different parts of the world were engaged over three days in discussing multifarious issues related to Don Quixote and Cervantes. These essays are divided thematically. While one set reflects upon the writing of the novel and various aspects related to the theory of novel, construction of characters and ...