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An illustrated history of Indian literature in English /

This book is an illustrated history of 200 years of Indian literature in English. It starts by looking at the introduction of English into India's complex language scenario around 1800. It then takes up the canonical poets, novelists, and dramatists, as well as a few unjustly forgotten figures,...

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Other Authors: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra 1947 -
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Delhi : Permanent Black in association with Ravi Dayal Publishers, ©2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The English writings of Raja Rammohan Roy-- 2. The Hindu college: Henry Derozio and Michael Madhusudhan dutt-- 3. The Dutt family album:And Toru Dutt-- 4. Rudyard Kipling-- 5. Two faces of Prose: Behramji Malabari and Govardhanram Tripathi-- 6. The beginnings of the Indian Novel-- 7. The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore 8. Sri Aurobindo 9. Two Early- Twentieth Century Women Writers: Cornelia Sorabji and Sarojini Naidu-- 10. Gandhi and Nehru: The uses of English-- 11. Verrier Elwin-- 12. Novelists of the 1930s and 1940s-- 13. R. K. Narayan-- 14. Nirad C. Chaudhuri-- 15. Novelists of the 1950s and 1960s-- 16. On V. S. Naipaul on India-- 17. Poetry since independence-- 18. From sugar to masala: Writing by the Indian Diaspora-- 19. Looking for A. K. Ramanujan-- 20. Salman Rushdie-- 21. After midnight: The novel in the 1980s and 1990s-- 22. The Dramatists-- 23. Five nature writers: Jim Corbett, Kenneth Anderson, Salim Ali, Kailash sankhala and M. Krishnan-- 24. Translation into English