What the author said in his preface to Indian English Literature (New Delhi: Anmol, 2003) is relevant in the case of Critical Gleanings which, in a manner of speaking, is a sequel to it. "A writer essays published in the periodical press suffer from a certain ephemerality which is perhaps rather inescapable. The fate of those that appear in edited volumes, though slightly better, is not much different. Easy accessibility is facilitated when all these are garnered and brought out as an independent volume. It is this publication of this book. The author indulges the hope that reflective men of his pursuit will find this book not altogether unworthy of their attention and will welcome it with the same affection and enthusiasm that they displayed in regard to his earlier literary labours".
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G.S. Balarama Gupta
Dr. G.S. Balaram Gupta (Formerly Professor of English, Gulbarga university, Gulbarga is the Founder-Editor of JIWE (Journal of Indian Writing in English) and Director of NIRIEL (National Institute for research in Indian English Literature. His publication include Mulk Raj Anand (1974), Essays on Indian Writing in English (1975), Humanism (1983), On Sartorial Discomfiture (2nd ed., 2002) and Bright candles in dark lanterns (2002). He has also edited Studies in Indian Fiction in English (1987), manjeri Isvaran’s Sinning Heaven and other Poems (1985) Links (1989), Symphony (2000), Emerald Treasury of Famous Speeches (2006), etc. His critical articles and reviews have appeared in The Literary Criterion, The Aryan path, Creative Moment, JSAL, The Modern review, Littcrit, Indian scholar, Scholar Critic, The Literary Endervour, etc.
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