This compendium of informed critical study covers almost all the major authors of Modern Indian Writing in English like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Chaman Nahal, Khushwant Singh, Arun Joshi, U.R. Anantha Murthy, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai. Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Despande, Nissim Ezekiel, P. Lal, Kamala Das Jayanta Mahapatra, O.P. Bhatnagar, A.K. Ramanujan, Arun Kolatkar and Girish Karnad. The contributors include D.S. Mishra, Anupam Nagar, C.M. Mukhermjee, Easterine Iralu, Basavraj Naikar, Mallikarjun Patil, Darshana Trivedi, Ananya S. Guha, A.J. Sebastian, Mani Methei. P. Dhanavel, Savita Geok and others. This is the student-oriented book, which aims to serve the purpose of general reader as much as the teachers and scholars. The anthology is a companion volume. A sequel to my Contemporary Indian writing in English: critical perceptions.
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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