Indian Poetry in English: Critical EssaysIndian poetry in English began with the imitation of English Romantic poets but gradually Indo-Anglian poets began to write on Indian themes based on Indian contexts and Indian social scenario. Indo-Anglian poetry has received world recognition and some of the poets are held in high esteem. This anthology containing 35 essays is an attempt to represent the gamut of Indian poetry in English, both pre-Independence and post-Independence, from diverse critical perspectives. The thirteen poets covered in this anthology include Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Toru Dutt, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujan, and Kamala Das. The essays in the book offer innovative perspectives and touch upon different aspects of Indian poetry in English. The tone of the essays varies from personal to argumentative to objectively discursive. The book, with diverse and thought-provoking essays, will be highly useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English Literature. Besides, those who are interested to know about Indian Poetry in English will find the book quite illuminating and interesting. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 13 | |
Macaulays Native | 31 |
May Love Defend Thee from Oblivions | 45 |
A Reappraisal | 57 |
Toru Dutt and Her Poetry | 78 |
Our Bond | 92 |
Mélange of Opposites | 103 |
Nissim EzekielPoet Lover Watcher | 285 |
Rajagopal Parthasarathy born 1924The Body | 291 |
India andor | 302 |
Modes of Negation in Parthasarathys Rough Passage | 314 |
Admirable | 323 |
The Indigenous | 329 |
Forming Identity | 338 |
The Indian Root | 354 |
Casting a Longing | 115 |
Symbolic Myths | 129 |
Sri Aurobindo and the Indian Critical Tradition | 139 |
Changing Tides | 151 |
The Interplay of Text and Context | 178 |
Stranded between | 193 |
Conceptualizations in Banalata Sen and other | 207 |
Composite Cultural Reflections | 265 |
Nissim EzekielSelfstyled Poet a Mirror that | 279 |
The Quest for Cultural Identity and Negotiation | 364 |
A Critical Appraisal | 377 |
Use of Irony in Arun Kolatkars Jejuri | 383 |
An Overview | 389 |
An Exploration | 418 |
PostColonial Ethos in the Modern Indian English | 430 |
Illuminating | 444 |
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