Studies in Contemporary Literature

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Marked by filiations and affiliations contemporary literature in English reflects a sort of nativised hegemonic sensibility with a view to reacting against the empire and its onslaughts. Besides British and American literature, commonwealth literature has emerged as an important component of contemporary literature in English. Divided into two sections, the volume deals with the commonwealth writers, like Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujan, Jayant Mahapatra, Kamala Das, Bharati Mukherjee, Margaret Atwood and Arundhati Roy in the opening section. The second section titled British and American literature examines contemporary authors like Donald Davie, R.W. Emerson, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller from different angles. The volume opens up fresh vistas of critical enquiry and interpretation in respect of contemporary literature in English.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mithilesh K. Pandey

Mithilesh K. Pandey (b. 1967) holds an M.A. (English) degree and a Doctorate from Banaras Hindu University beside a P.G.C.T.E. from C.I.E.F.L., Hyderabad; has authored The Poetry of Donald Davie and Studies in Contemporary Literature and has also edited contemporary Indian Literature in English. A Humanistic Perspective, Recent Indian Literature in English: A Cultural Perspective and Arundhati Royâ€™s The God of Small Things: A Critical Spectrum has published scores of research articles on major contemporary British, American and Indian writers; has attended International conferences in India and abroad and chaired the session â€œNew Communicationsâ€ at the XXII International Congress of FILLM, Assumption University of Thailand, Bangkok in August 2002; is supervising several doctoral dissertations at present. Dr. Pandey is Reader and Head, Department of English at Hindu Post-graduate College (Purvanchal University) Zamania, Ghazipur, U.P. INDIA.