Indian Short Stories in English : Critical Explorations is an anthology of more than twenty critical research papers on the various authors of Indian English short stories. It critically explores the short stories of R.N. Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Mahasweta Devi, Shiv K. Kumar, Ruskin Bond, Vishnu Prabhakar, Arun Joshi, Chaman Nahal, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nisha Da Cunha, Gangadhar Gadgil Kalki and Sarah Joseph. The leading article is about the brief story of Indian short story in English. All the papers included in this volume are very critical, objective and exhaustive which, we hope, will certainly slake the thirst of a number of students and teachers who want to be more conversant with the various aspects of Indian English short stories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amar Nath Prasad
Dr. Amar Nath Prasad teaches English at Jagdam College (Jaiprakash University Chapra, Bihar. He is gold medallist in English. He has attended a number of seminars and conferences. Most of his scholarly poems/papers have been published in different books and journals, magazines and newspapers. Recently he has completed his Ph. D. Degree on Arundathi Roy's The God of Small Things. He has edited more than half a dozen standard books of English literature. He has also authored three books: 1. Practical Criticism; 2. Arundathi Roy's The God of Small Things. 3. Critical Essays on Indian Writing in English.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. John Peter Joseph
Dr. S. John Peter Joseph teaches English at St. Xavier's College, an autonomous College (nationally assessed and accredited with Five Stars by U.G.C.) at Palayamkottai in the district of Tirunelveli in Tamilnadu. He did his research on the novels of Kamala Markandaya. He has contributed several scholarly articles concerning Indian Writing in English in different books and journals. His work on Norman Mailer and Kamala Markandaya bears testimony to his aesthetic and critical frame of mind.
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