The present book is a groundbreaking research on the voices and vision of Vivekananda in English Literature. Vivekananda needs no introduction as one of the greatest religious leaders and philosophers of the modern India. But few of us recognise him as one of the pioneers of Indian English Literature, a mystic poet, a trend setter in prose style and one who broke English from Macaulayan style of writing. It explores the various shaping influences on him as a man, writer, orator and philosopher. It gives almost a complete view of Vivekananda his life, formative influences, critical evaluation of his prose style, poetry, oratorical skill and his philosophy. Also selected speeches and poems of Vivekananda are given in Appendix. The book, would prove a companion for the readers and scholars of Vivekananda.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chhote Lal Khatri
Dr. Chhote Lal Khatri born in 1965 in Jehanabad, Bihar, had his early education at local schools, graduated with Honours in English from College of Commerce, Patna and did his M.A. in English and Ph.D. from Patna University, Patna. His doctoral research was on "Vivekananda: An Appraisal (A Critique of his speeches and writings)" which was subsequently published by Prestige Books, New Delhi in the year 2000. He is a bilingual poet writing in English and Hindi. His first Hindi Poetry collection and second one in English are in Press. His poems are widely published and anthologized in India and abroad. He edits Cyber Literature, a biannual journal of international repute devoted to poetry and criticism. He is also one of the editors of his College magazine Sanket. He has to his credit about three dozen research papers and forty reviews. He was honoured and felicitated by Michal Madhusudan Academy, Kolkata for his book Kargil, in 2002. He is on the advisory board of A.B.I., U.S.A. His brief biographical note is included in several Directories of A.B.I., U.S.A. and I.B.C. England. He has been teaching English literature since 1993. Currently he is a lecturer in the Dept. of English T.P.S. College, Patna.
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