The book presents a collection of research papers on Indian English literature that are wide ranging in nature, dealing with fiction, poetry, drama and critical trends. They cover earlier writers, such as Sri Aurobindo and Bhabani Bhattacharya as well as recent ones such as Shashi Deshpande and Manju Kapoor. There is also a brief survey of Indian English novel since 1980. Areas such as decolonising English in India as well as the impact of American English on Indian English have also been included.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.A. Agrawal
Krishna Avtar Agrawal obtained his M.A. Degree from Lucknow University and Ph.D. degree from Meerut University. He started his teaching career as Lecturer in English in 1967. At present, he is Reader in English at Gurukul Kangri University, Hardwar (Uttaranchal). Dr. Agrawal has contributed a large number of research papers, articles and reviews to prestigious journals of India. He has published more than one dozen books on English and Indo-Anglian literatures. He has also edited two books on Swami Shraddhananda Saraswati- Socio-Political observations of Swami Shraddhananda and Editorial observations of Swami Shraddhananda. He has also co-edited two books- Swami Shraddhananda Ki Samkalin Tipanniya and Reflections on Indian English Literature. He has taken part in so many national seminars and conferences, and contributed research papers to them. At present, he is working on his forthcoming books on Raja Rao and Asif Currimbhoy.
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