A History of Indian Poetry in English
Title | A History of Indian Poetry in English PDF eBook |
Author | Rosinka Chaudhuri |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 2016-03-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1316483274 |
A History of Indian Poetry in English explores the genealogy of Anglophone verse in India from its nineteenth-century origins to the present day. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the legacy of English in Indian poetry. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse of such diverse poets as Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Rabindranath Tagore, Nissim Ezekiel, Dom Moraes, Kamala Das, and Melanie Silgardo. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of imperialism and diaspora in Indian poetry. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Indian poetry in English and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.
A History of Indian Literature in English
Title | A History of Indian Literature in English PDF eBook |
Author | Arvind Krishna Mehrotra |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780231128100 |
Annotation This volume surveys 200 years of Indian literature in English. Written by Indian scholars and critics, many of the 24 contributions examine the work of individual authors, such as Rabindranath Tagore, R.K. Narayan, and Salman Rushdie. Others consider a particular genre, such as post-independence poetry or drama. The volume is illustrated with b&w photographs of writers along with drawings and popular prints. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Modern Indian Poetry in English
Title | Modern Indian Poetry in English PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce King |
Publisher | OUP India |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2005-02-03 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780195671971 |
This edition is a revision of the classic, which has become the standard work on the subject. Five chapters covering the 1990s have been added with an updated chronlogy. These discuss a number of more recent poets, along with one chapter on the late Agha Shadid Ali.
Early Indian Poetry in English
Title | Early Indian Poetry in English PDF eBook |
Author | Eunice De Souza |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780198066804 |
Collection of poems by various poets, with their short biographies.
Ten Twentieth-century Indian Poets
Title | Ten Twentieth-century Indian Poets PDF eBook |
Author | R. Parthasarathy |
Publisher | Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN |
History of Indian Literature
Title | History of Indian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Moriz Winternitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Indic literature |
ISBN |
The Idea of Indian Literature
Title | The Idea of Indian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Preetha Mani |
Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Pages | 413 |
Release | 2022-08-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0810145014 |
Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature, written in as well as against English. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. In The Idea of Indian Literature, she explores the paradox that a single canon can be written in multiple languages, each with their own evolving relationships to one another and to English. Hindi, representing national aspirations, and Tamil, epitomizing the secessionist propensities of the region, are conventionally viewed as poles of the multilingual continuum within Indian literature. Mani shows, however, that during the twentieth century, these literatures were coconstitutive of one another and of the idea of Indian literature itself. The writers discussed here—from short-story forefathers Premchand and Pudumaippittan to women trailblazers Mannu Bhandari and R. Chudamani—imagined a pan-Indian literature based on literary, rather than linguistic, norms, even as their aims were profoundly shaped by discussions of belonging unique to regional identity. Tracing representations of gender and the uses of genre in the shifting thematic and aesthetic practices of short vernacular prose writing, the book offers a view of the Indian literary landscape as itself a field for comparative literature.