Indian English Poetry: A Discovery

by François-Xavier Bourmaud, Marc Reveillaud

Overview

Indian English poetry, which after independence breathed the air of freedom with an identity of its own, is rich in conception and execution. The charge that mere rubbish is being dished out in the name of Indian English poetry is not true. The poets who are rich in content as well as form remain in the field. The present anthology that includes twenty five articles and research papers attempts to evaluate the marginalized poets besides the established ones. Some poets that are discussed in the anthology are Derozio, Toru Dutt, Aurobindo, Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Dom Moraes, Nissim Ezekiel, Ramanujan, Kamala Das, jayanta Mahapatra, Shiv K. Kumar, Daruwalla, O.P. Bhatnagar, Sujata Bhatt, Niranjan Mohanty, Bibhu Padhi, D.C. Chambial, R.K. Singh, I.K. Sharma, I.H. Rizvi and R.C. Shukla. Besides these poetic colums of Indian English Poetry, some general papers that focus on the survey of Indian English poetry, poetry of women empowerment and Marxist idiom in Contemporary Indian English Poetry have been included to make the anthology interesting and thought-provoking not only for the teachers, scholars and researchers but also for the general readers who will certainly discover several unexplored aspects of the Indian English poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789385484575
Publisher:	Aadi Publications
Publication date:	06/30/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	317
File size:	747 KB

About the Author

Dr. Chhote Lal Khatri born in 1965 in Jehanabad, Bihar, had his early education at local schools, graduated with Honours in English from College of Commerce, Patna and did his M.A. in English and Ph.D. from Patna University, Patna. His doctoral research was on "Vivekananda: An Apprisal (A Critique of his speeches and writings)" which was subsequently published by Prestige Books, New Delhi in the year English and Hindi. His first Hindi Poetry collection and second one in English are in Press. His poem are widely published and anthologised in India and abroad. He edits Cyber Literature, a biannual journal of international repute devoted to poetry and criticism. He is also one of the editors of his College magazine Sanket. He has to his credit about three dozen research papers and forty reviews. He was honoured and felicitated by Michal Madhusudan Academy, Kolkata for his book Kargil, in 2002. He is on the advisory board of A.B.I., U.S.A. His brief biographical note is included in several Directories of A.B.I., U.S.A. and I.B.C. England.

Dr. Sudhir K. Arora teaches English at Maharaja Harishchandra P.G. College, Moradabad. His area of interest is indian Writing in Engish, SAARC Literature, Canadian Literature and Postcolonialism. His scholarly papers, book reviews and poems have been published in different reputed journals and anthologies. He has completed a project on Narrative Techniques as Delineators under the sponsorship of U.G.C. His publications include : A Study of Kamala Markandaya' s Women, A Thirsty Cloud Cries, and A Key to Literary Terms and Forms.
Dr. C.L. Khatri, a reputed perceptive critic and editor of Cyber Literature and several anthologies of criticism, is a practicing poet writing in Hindi and English. He has two poetry collections in English: Kargil and Ripples in the Lake and one in Hindi Goolar Ka Phool to his credit. He was awarded Michael Madhusdan Academy Award for Kargil in 2000. He is an Executive (East Zone). The Association for English Studies of India and on the Advisory Board of Indian Journal of English Studies. As a prolific writer he has produced more than three dozen papers and twelve books of criticism. His books include Vivekananda: Speeches and writings: A Critical Study, Walter de la Mare: Poetry and Novels: An Evaluation (with Kumar Chandradeep), Indian Novels in English: Sense and Sensibility, World Literature: Critical Responses, Narrative Noodles: Essays on Indian English Novels, Vivekananda: Voice and Vision: A Literary Perspective, Mohan Rakesh's Halfway House: A Critique, Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court in Session: A Critique, Girish Karnad's Naga-Mandala: A Critique. Edited Books: Indian Literature in English: Critical Discourses, Indian Writing in English: Voices from the Oblivion, Indian Drama in English (with Kumar Chandradeep), Thunder on Stage: A Study of Girish Karnad's Plays (with Sudhir K. Arora), British Author&Texts, R.K. Narayan: Reflections and Re-evaluation, Indian Novels in English: Recent Criticism, Commonwealth Literature: Colonial Inheritance (with R.B. Singh), Indian English Poetry: A Discovery (with Sudhir K. Arora). Currently he is Associate Professor, Dept. of English, T.P.S. College, Patna.
Dr. Sudhir K. Arora teaches English at Maharaja Harishchandra P.G. College, Moradabad. His area of interest is indian Writing in Engish, SAARC Literature, Canadian Literature and Postcolonialism. His scholarly papers, book reviews and poems have been published in different reputed journals and anthologies. He has completed a project on Narrative Techniques as Delineators under the sponsorship of U.G.C. His publications include : A Study of Kamala Markandaya' s Women, A Thirsty Cloud Cries, and A Key to Literary Terms and Forms.