Manjeri S. Isvaran Is One Of The Best-Known Short Story Writers Of India. His Contribution To Indian Literature Is Significant. He Is Perhaps The Only Indian Writer Of The Colonial Era To Have Chosen The Ancient Medium Of Short Story And An Alien Language To Render Indigenous Life And Indian Experience Into An Artistically Realizable Entity. The Book Is A Critical Study Of The Thematic Concerns And Technical Virtuosities Of Isvaran`S Stories.

Manjeri S. Isvaran (1910-66) Is One Of The Pioneers Of Indian Writing In English. The Wide Range Of His Publications Includes Poems, Plays, Short Stories, Translations And Criticism. The Book Makes An Exhaustive Study Of The Mind And Art Of Manjeri Isvaran And Evaluates Hiscontribution To The Rise Of Indian Writing In English.

This book is expected to be of great help to students and teachers in studying English literature especially in fiction and non-fiction writings Indian and African American literature. It deals with several ideologies and theories in order to evaluate the chosen authors in English.

Today, Indian writing in English is a fi eld of study that cannot be overlooked. Whereas at the turn of the 20th century, writers from India who chose to write in English were either unheeded or underrated, with time the literary world has been forced to recognize and accept their contribution to the corpus of world literatures in English. Showcasing the burgeoning field of Indian English writing, this encyclopedia documents the poets, novelists, essayists, and dramatists of Indian origin since the pre-independence era and their dedicated works. Written by internationally recognized scholars, this comprehensive reference book explores the history and development of Indian writers, their major contributions, and the critical reception accorded to them. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English will be a valuable resource to students, teachers, and academics navigating the vast area of contemporary world literature.

Literature is the reflection of the society. George Eliot says that literature holds mirror to the life. It is recognized as one of the fine arts like music, art, painting and architecture etc since the times of Aristotle. The literature is divided into three divisions- poetry, prose and drama. Poetry includes the epic, song, lyric, sonnet, ode, narrative poems, elegy etc.

Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.