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Item A Clash between Male Chauvinism and Existential Concerns(Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2003) Sangwan, DevikaOut of evil cometh good.” one of the important consequences of colonialism in India is the birth of Indian English literature. The process through which it developed had three distinct stages. In the first stage there was admiration and imitation of the Western models. After the first flush was over, a reaction set in. That was the second stage, The stage of resentment and rebellion. This naturally led to the third stage—the one we are passing through—the stage of self-discovery and self-assertion. The writers now draw on the rich cultural heritage of India and at the same time explore its contemporary relevance. A writer of an independent country cannot afford to lose touch with social reality and he must understand, transcribe and recreate it in Verbal artefact. The task is rendered more difficult because the Indian English writers are obliged to write in a language they are not born into. But the writers have remarkably overcome all these difficulties and, looking at the achievements of the Indian English writers, it can be definitely claimed that Indian writing in English has come of age and has completely got over ‘the anxiety of influence.’ The nineteen essays that constitute this volume cover a wide range of authors and subjects. Starting with Nirad C. Chaudhuri, one of the greatest thinkers and most controversial writers of the last century, the essays shed new lights on different aspects of the makers of Indian English literature: Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Manohar Malgaonkar, Nayantara Sahgal, bhabani Bhattacharya, kasthuri sreenivasan, Vikram Seth, Kamala mark an day a, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy, a.K. Ramanujan and Kamala Das. Since Indian writing in English is prescribed in most of the universities in India, both the teachers and the students will find this volume very useful and anybody interested in Indian writing in English will also find these luminous essays intellectually stimulating.Item The Portrait of a Lady: A Journey from Self Deception to Self Destruction(Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2005) Sangwan, DevikaWherever there are people there will be a Literature. A Literature is the record of human experience and people have always been impelled to write down their impressions of life. They do so in diaries and letters, in pamphlets and books and in essays, poems, plays and fiction. In this respect American literature is like any other, though it displays many characteristics that are similar and many that are dissimilar to the literary tradition of other nations.Item Diaphanous Expose of Human Values in Jhimpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies(Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2005) Sangwan, DevikaSince its inception in 19th century, Indian writing in English has coruscated worldwide and the English works of Indian authors have been highly appreciated even by the people of English-speaking nations. Not remaining confined to the restricted gamut of themes and style of olden days, Indian writing in English has made its Dent in myriad human concerns at the hands of great number of Indian writers. In the present anthology, a sincere attempt has been made to provide an in-depth study of the works of reputed Indian authors like bhabani Bhattacharya, Amitabh Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Raj Kamal Jha, Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, br> Shobha de, Manju Kapur, Anita Nair to name but a few. Aiming at encouraging variegated opinions without conforming to fixed and rigorous critical canons, the anthology not only focuses on novels but also on the other forms of literature that are brilliant evocation of historical, philosophical and social Issues of great importance. It also traverses through psychological and subliminal issues. Contributors to the present anthology have explored the varied aspects of literary works of the noted and award-winning writers, besides analysing critically and impartial the question of equal rights for women raised by the eminent Indian writers in their works. It is hoped that Indian writings in English would prove indispensable for the students of English literature and would even appeal to those interested in the English works of Indian writers. It will undoubtedly enkindle in readers an avid interest towards their works and also help them sharpen their critical understanding with its ample food for thought.Item Disastrous Synthesis of Desire and Duty in Manju Kapur’s Difficult Daughters(Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2006) Sangwan, DevikaThe new series--Studies in Women Writers in English--is a grateful acknowledgment of the contribution and public recognition of the emerging voice of women in the arena of literature during the last few centuries, and especially in the latter half of the twentieth century. Women writers across the globe have made their distinctive mark, with their own perception of life--be it feminine, or feminist or female. The present volume, the fifth in the series, introduces critique of work by women writers; it bears evidence to the growing critical attention towards authors writing outside the mainstream, in America, Canada, and especially in India. The eighteen essays included in this fifth volume of the series cover a wide spectrum of women writers across space and time. The women writers discussed in this volume include one from Britain, i.e., Mary Shelley, one from America, i.e., Toni Morrison, the Nobel Laureate for literature in 1993, one from Canada, i.e., Margaret Laurence, and a host of Indian writers, from an early pioneer like Krupabai Satthianadan to the partition novelist Bapsi Sidwa, as well as contemporary avant-gardes like Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai, Shobhaa De, Manju Kapur, and Arundhati Roy as well as the émigré Indian writer Bharati Mukherjee. Since most of the authors discussed in these articles are prescribed in the English syllabus in the universities of India, both the teachers and the students will find them extremely useful, and the general readers who are interested in literature in English and/or women writers will also find them intellectually stimulating.Item Existential Concerns in Toni Morrison(Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2006) Sangwan, DevikaEnglish is being written and read today by more people outside England than inside. This applies no less to the women writers in English across the globe who have made their unmistakable mark in English literature[s], especially in the last century. The present volume,—the second in the new projected series of Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, Studies in Women Writers in English—bears evidence to this phenomenon as the critics address women writers in English in various parts of the globe rather than concentrating on canonised mainstream authors and texts, and thus mainstream writers figure only referentially, in the margin of these critical texts, as it were. Again, understandably Indian writers take over a chunk of the space. However, the essays included in this volume cover authors from America, Canada and India, and also some general theoretical discourse regarding feminism and marginal literature. The authors discussed in this volume are Christina Rossetti of England, Emily Dickinson, Harper Lee, Lorraine Hansberry and Sylvia Plath of America, Margaret Atwood and Beatrice Culleton of Canada, and Kamala Markandaya, Kamala Das, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai, Githa Hariharan of India. Apart from this a wide spectrum of Indian writers have been referred to and treated in the general articles on feminist theory and practice, especially in India today, and yesterday. The sixteen essays of the volume will be found interesting as well as useful by students, teachers and scholars and will also be enjoyed by the general readers.Item Exquisite Depiction of Cultural Sensitivities in Doris Lessing(Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2009) Sangwan, DevikaAs the academic literature is growing, the vibrant field of global analysis is increasing. Shining a light on the pertinent aspects of postcolonial writing, new urges in postcolonial literature, which is an anthology of scholarly articles, brings together emerging critical voices to engage in the major debates within existing postcolonial studies, addressing issues such as hybridization, subaltern voices, decolonization, multicultural and border cultures. The authors critically examine the relevance of postcolonial theoretical perspectives and discuss the issues of empowerment and empowerment; tensions between modernity and tradition; and ideas of development as connected to understandings of race, gender, caste and subalternity. The book engages with the issues raised by contemporary practitioners, and offers a variety of illuminating insights on the fascinating subject of postcolonial studies which will enlighten the students, researchers and teachers of English literature.