As the title, ‘A Critical Harvest: Essays and Studies’ Indicates, this collection of essays represents all the diverse areas in which Prof. Naik has worked for about four decades. The areas include British literature, American literature, Anglo-Indian writing, Translation, and, of course, Indian English literature, of which Dr. Naik has been one of the earliest and ablest champions. Prof. Naik’s critical writing has always been marked by solid scholarship, cogent argumentation, and balanced judgement, while his style is known for its elegance, wit and total freedom from jargon. This collection is vintage M.K. Naik, in every respect.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M K Naik
M.K. Naik is an internationally acknowledged authority on Indian English Literature and Anglo-Indian Fiction. His History of Indian English Literature (1982; seven editions upto 2003), and its sequel (in collaboration with Shyamala Narayan), Indian English Literature 1980-2000 (2001; two editions upto 2004) are both the vade-mecum for the student. His essay, 'Towards An Aesthetic of Indian English Literature' has been included in a text-book for the British Open University. Apart from his critical studies of the 'Big Three' (Anand, Narayan, and Raja Rao), he has also written and edited several other critical volumes in this area.
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