This anthology comprises as many as 39 papers contributed by eminent scholars and critics of international repute on different aspects of world literature and national literatures, such as Indian literature, British literature, American literature, African literature and so on, and besides these, 39 research papers, a tanka sequence and two poems on poetry and writing. The anthology is linked to an endeavour to have a world literature society formed worldwide with a view to advocating and fostering world literature not through translation but through exchanging of ideas viewed from cultural, literary and oral perspectives on a common platform that the proposed world literature society will provide. All the contributors have contributed their papers from this point of view and authorspress, New Delhi, India has volunteered to come forward to help translate this endeavour into reality.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bhaskar Roy Barman
Dr. Bhaskar Roy Barman is an internationally published poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, critic and book-reviewer. He has received many national and international awards from the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England; American Biographical Institute, USA; Friendship Form of India, New Delhi, India; Jemini Academy, Panipat, India; International Penguin Publishing House, New Delhi; United Writers Association, Chennai; and Home of Litters, India, Bhubaneshwar, India; and been listed in more that forty national and international 'who's who' published by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, India; International Biographical Centre, Cambridge; American Biographical Institute, USA; Rifacimento International, New Delhi; FI Publications, New Delhi, South-Asia Pub. Co, New Delhi. He has authored as many as seven books including an original English novel entitled Gateway to Heaven and an original short story collection entitled Modern Short Stories: the Trap and Other Stories. He is now editing an anthology of world poetry. Jemini Academy, Panipat, India, has conferred upon him the honour of Tripura Ratna (Gem of Tripura).
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