The Social Cultural And Spiritual Dimensions Of Modern Indian Poetry In English
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The Social, Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Modern Indian Poetry in English by Vijay Kumar Roy Pdf
This volume brings together research papers on the poetry of modern Indian poets, particularly those whose poetry is less explored. It is well known that post-Independence India has produced many brilliant writers whose writings have their own importance in the field of Indian English literature. These writers have brought new themes and new styles of writing that have enriched Indian English literature to a greater extent. The book explores the social, cultural and spiritual dimensions of these emerging poets, and will prove useful to students, teachers and all those interested in Indian English poetry for studies and research purposes.
Contemporary Indian English Poetry by Kanwar Dinesh Singh Pdf
The Present Book Is A Detailed Exposition Of The Multiple Dimensions Of Creativity In Men And Women Vis-À-Vis The Difference Of Sexuality And Gender As Mirrored In Their Texts. This Innovative And Perceptive Study Confronts The Essentialist Biodeterministic Standpoint That Men And Women Are Out And Out Different, Dissimilar And Divergent. By Discussing The Texts Of The Post-Independence Men And Women Poets Of India And Drawing Comparisons Between Them, It Asserts That, Despite Certain Biological Differences, Men And Women Are Similar In Many Ways. By Employing Theoretical Approaches Based On Psychoanalysis, Linguistics, Poetics, Reader-Responses And Cultural And Gender Studies, The Book Expounds That Gender Or Sexuality Can Make Some Difference To The Aesthetic But It Cannot Solely Determine The Content. The Social, Cultural And Political Milieu Of The Day Plays A Crucial Role In Deciding The Content And Object Of Writing, Besides Conditioning The Psyche And Thought Process Of The Author, More Than Gender Or Sexual Difference Does. This Study Provides New Insights Into The Varied Aspects Of Man-Woman Relationship, The Nitty-Gritty Of Different Family Relations, The Milieu, Human Correlation With Nature, And Metaphysical Questionings Of Life, Death, God And Human Existence, Besides Analyzing The Influence Of Gender And Sexual Difference On Poetic Craft, Particularly On Language, Style And Technique.It Analyses The Poems Of Over Twelve Major Indian Men And Women Poets And Compares Them In Terms Of Diverse Themes, Diction And Idiom, And With Particular Focus On The Workings Of Gender And Sexual Difference. The Major Poets Discussed Are Nissim Ezekiel, A.K. Ramanujan, Keki N. Daruwalla, Shiv K. Kumar And Jayanta Mahapatra Among Men And Monika Varma, Kamala Das, Gauri Deshpande, Sunita Jain, Suniti Namjoshi, Mamta Kalia And Eunice De Souza Among Women.Since These Authors Are Prescribed In The English Syllabi In The Universities Of India, This Study Will Be Extremely Useful To The Students And Teachers. The General Readers Who Are Interested In Indian Literature In English Will Find It Interesting And Informative.
Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama by Sajalkumar Bhattacharya,Himadri Lahiri,Arnab Kumar Sinha Pdf
This anthology of essays maps the divergent issues that have become relevant in contemporary Indian English poetry and drama. By providing a clear idea about the new themes, techniques and methods used by the Indian English poets and playwrights to address the issues emerging in the changing socio-cultural scenario, particularly during the post-globalization period, the essays offer insightful observations on canon formation and its reception. It is high time to consider afresh whether the canons of Indian English poetry and drama have widened their scope to include innovative forms of writing or whether they have evolved significantly to generate novel perspectives. These questions, which are linked with the issue of canon formation and its reception are intricately woven into the fabric of these essays. This anthology will respond to the scholarly interests of inquisitive students, research scholars and academics in the field of Indian English literature.
Modern Indian Poet Writing in English by P. Laxminarayana Bhat Pdf
In This Study Jayanta Mahapatra Emerges As An Intense And Profoundly Personal Poet A Shy And Private Person, A Subjective Poet, An Honest Person, But A Difficult Poet To Read. The Author`S Arguments Are Cogent, His Judgement Sensible And Balanced. Has Seven Chapters Ending With Conclusions And A Useful Bibliography.
This comprehensive study of modern Indian poetry in English, the first of its kind, combines sophisticated literary analysis with sociological argument to assess contemporary Indian literary life and work. The book begins with a history of the most important poets, books, journals, and publishing circles and then moves on to analyze the social basis of Indian English-language poetry, its readership, and the literary marketplace. After discussing the formation of an Indian literary canon and its best-known poems, King examines criteria influencing the judgment of English-language verse in India and introduces the major poets and their thematic concerns. The book also includes chapters on the influence of Nissim Ezekiel, the work of younger poets and women, bilingualism, and experimentalism, and concludes with a detailed chronology.
Contemporary Indian Poetry In English by P. K. J. Kurup Pdf
The Indian Poets In English Of The Post-Independence Era Are Poets Of Transition On The Threshold Of A Literary Renaissance And A Grand Awakening To The Possibilities Of A New Medium. Their Ethos Is Radically Different From That Of All The Earlier Periods. During This Era Poetry Has Come To Concern Itself More Increasingly With Its Own Nuances Of Internal Organization And The Aesthetic Concentrations Of Poetic Image, Tone And Mood. It Has Become A Personal Rather Than A Social Gesture. By And Large, Contemporary Indian Poets In English Centre Within Their Selves In An Attempt To Discover Their Roots Both As Individuals And As Artists And During The Process Of This Ende¬Avour Their Poetic Personality Appears Undisguised.It Is In This Context That The Author Of This Book Examines The Extent To Which The Search For Self And Defining Its Contexts And Dimensions Is A Major Concern With The Four Leading Contemporary Indian Poets In English Nissim Ezekiel, Kamala Das A.K. Ramanujan And R. Parthasarathy. The Book Includes A Chapter Which Makes A Comparative Approach To The Artistic Stance Of The Four Poets And Concludes With A Brief Commentary On The Need For The Modern Indo English Poets To Wake Up To The Contemporary Indian Reality And To Be The Mediator Between The Voice Of The Country And Her People.In Seeking To Discover The Several-Complexities And Layers Of Meaning In Their Work,, The Author Takes Full Congnizance Of The Established Critical Opinions. This Book Also Aims At A Study Of The Personalities And Insights Of The Poets With Reference To Auto¬Biographical Elements In Their Poetry And In Terms Of Conceptual Design And Expressive Modes That Emerge From It.Though Several Critical Articles And Some Books Have Appeared On These Poets, This Book Is Perhaps The First Sustained And Thorough Scrutiny Done With A Specific Purpose. A Product Of Painstaking Research, It Makes Itself Indispensable For The Researchers And Immensely Enlightening For All Those Who Are Interested In The Contempo¬Rary Indian Poetry In English.
This Anthology Of Papers Presented At A Seminar Organised By The Sahitya Akademi In March 1988, Takes Stock Of The Indian Poetry Of The Five Decades After Independence, Raises Basic Conceptual Questions, Examines Paradigm Shifts And Interrogates The Established Canons By Foregrounding Marginalised Voices. The Papers Examine The Growth Of Modern Sensibility In Indian Poetry In Specific Linguistic Contexts, Relates It To General Cultural Issues And Examines Post-Colonial Avant-Grade Trends Including The Feminist And The Dalit Movements. The Papers Are Collected Under Three Heads: ýModernism In Retrospectý Examines The Historical, Political And Aesthetic Aspects Of Modernism;ýAfter Modernism: Articulating Resistanceý Takes A Close Look At The Alternative Trends That Challenge The Status-Quoist Mainstream Poetry;ýPoetry As Discourse: Some General Issuesý Takes Up Some General Issues Concerning The Present And Future Of Poetry, Including The Problems Of The Translation Of Poetry. K. Satchidanandan Who Has Edited This Volume Is A Pioneer Of Modern Poetry And Criticism In Malayalam With 18 Collections Of Poetry, Two Plays, 15 Collections Of Critical Articles And Interviews And 15 Collections Of Translated Poetry.. He Now Heads The Sahitya Akademi, The Indian National Academy Of Letters
This Anthology Provides A Fine Profile Of Indian English Poetry Over A Quarter Of Century (1960-85). 20 Prominent Indian Poets In English Are Represented Here, Each Individually Distinct. Alienation Is A Theme That Recurs In A Variety Of Ways; The Overall Message That Comes Through, However Is That The Language Of Poetry Whether Indigenously Indian Or ýImportedý English, Does Not Make The Writing Any Less Indian. This Anthology Aims To Underscore The Living Quality Of The Tradition In Which These Poets Evolved And In Which They Now Write.
Indian 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.
