Papers on Indian Writing in English (Vol. 1)

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This volume consisting of some twenty papers deals exclusively with Indian poetry in English right from the date of its origin in the 1830s to the present day. It focuses our attention on such illustrious poets of India as Aru Dutt (Who has written very little but lasting verses), Toru Dutt, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naiduâ€”all representing the older generationâ€”Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujan, R. Parthasarathy, Kamala Das, Monika Varma, Margaret Chatterjee, Syed Amanuddin, K.N. Daruwalla, Shiv K. Kumar, Arun Kolatkar and Suniti Namjoshi (a lesser known figure)â€”all symbolising the hopes and aspirations of Modern India. There is also a chapter on "Irony as Technique in some â€˜Newâ€™ Indo-English poets." An Index has been given at the end of the volume to guide readers through it. Most of these papers have already appeared in different magazines, periodicals and books, but putting them together here in book form enhances their accessibility and demonstrates a sense of commitment on the part of the author to the cause of fast-expanding Indian Writing in English.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A N Dwivedi

Amar Nath Dwivedi has taught graduate and post-graduate classes since 1965, lastly at the University of Allahabad, where he was a professor in English. Presently Dr. Dwivedi is Senior Consultant in English at U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad. A recipient of the state Bursary for four years (1961-1965), he was awarded a Teacher’s Research Grant by the ASRC (Hyderabad) in 1972. He was conferred the Ph.D. degree in 1975 for this dissertation ‘Indian Thought and Tradition in T.S. Eliot’s Poetry”, which was later published in both India and Austria with a Foreword by Professor Grover Smith of the Duke University, U.S.A. Dr. Dwivedi has published about a dozen books and seventy-five research papers and serious articles.