Arundhati Roy: Critical Perspectives

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This volume brings together several of the seminal studies on Arundhati Roy, the author of intense and absorbing fiction as well as richly thought-out non-fiction. The contributors, all widely acknowledged scholars from India and the West, problematize the varied and the West, problematize the varied yet amazingly cohering aspects of Roy’s entire oeuvre; and offer a sophisticated and incisive critique of her published work to-date. What recurringly comes under close scrutiny is the tension and strife triggered by hierarchical structures of our making; and the appropriations of individuals, communities and societies lethally trapped at the lower rungs of hierarchy under neocolonial dispensation. Sharply focused and highly perceptive, the volume makes for an arresting and delightful reading of the literary and cultural landscape of Arundhati Roy, exploring the deep and abiding concerns of one of the finest contemporary writers in English from the Indian subcontinent.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Murari Prasad

Murari Prasad is currently associate professor of English in the Faculty of Education in Sana'a University, the Republic of Yemen. In India, he has taught English language and literature for over fifteen years at D.S. College, Katihar (Bihar). His professional interest include Indian English Literature as well as American and British fiction. He has published a string of papers on amitav Ghosh, V.S. Naipaul, Arundhati Roy and contributed on Upamanyu chatterjee to the dictionary of Literary Biography (South Asian Writing). His latest project, language of contemporary Indian English Fiction, in addition to a festschrift volume for Professor Damodar Thakur is due to appear in the coming year.

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Title
Arundhati Roy: Critical Perspectives
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8185753768
Length
211p., Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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