This compendium of informed critical study covers selected authors of contemporary Indian literature like Kamala Markandaya, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Basavaraj Naikar, Ashapurna Debi, Shashi Despande, Shobha De, Manju Kapur, Arundhati Roy, Chitra Banerjee, Shashi Tharoor, David Davidar, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kavery Nambisan, P. Lal, Shiv K. Kumar, Mahesh Dattani, Sasthi Brata and V.S. Naipaul. The contributors include Anand Mahanand, Savita Goel, Nidhi Tiwari, K.C. Mishra, Jibesh Bhattacharya, S.P. Swain, Alka Singh, Mithilesh K. Pandey, Tapati Lahiri, Rita Joshi, Meenakshi Raman, C.C. Mishra, Jaydeep Sarangi, A.K. Vishnu and others. This is a student-oriented book that also aims to serve the purpose of the general reader as much as the scholars and teachers. The anthology is a companion volume, a sequel to my Modern Indian Writing in English: Critical Perceptions (2004).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.D.R. Chandra
Dr. N.D.R. Chandra is Professor in the Department of English, Nagaland Central University, Kohima. He obtained his M.A. in English Literature from Pt. Ravishankar University, Raipur; P.G.D.T.E. From C.I.E.F.L. Hyderabad; M. Phil. from Dr. H.S. Gaur University, Sagar and Ph.D. from G.G.D. Universitym Bilaspur. He is an elected member of the Governing Council of Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad, and is an Associate of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. He has published several research papers on English Language Teaching and Literary Theory and Criticism. He has authored Literary Theory and the New Critics, Literary Terms in Poetry. Literary Terms in Drama, Theatre & Cinema and Literary Terms in Fiction and Prose (Trio with Dr. A.J. Sebastian). He has edited Modern Literary Criticism: Theory & Practice (Vol. I & II), Contemporary Literary Criticism: Theory & Practice (Vol. I & II), Modern Indianj Writinjg in English: Critical Perceptions, Chhattisgarh Towards the Path of Development and The Flow of Soul.
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