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Indian English Literature Parsee Novel

Narendra Kumar
Indian Women Novelists The Parsee novel in English is postcolonial in
an anthology of critical essays in 18 vols. its range. Steeped in rich Zoroastrian myths
R.K. Dhawan, ed. and legends, young promising Parsee novel-
Set I, Vols. 1-5 ists like Firdaus Kanga, Rohinton Mistry,
Focus on Feminist and Women’s Studies and Farrukh Dhondy, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ardashir
detailed discussions on the fiction of Anita Vakil and Boman Desai use English as an in-
Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Bharati Mukher- strument of self-assertion. The book exam-
jee, Shobha De, Rama Mehta and Gita Mehta ines major thematic preoccupations of both
ISBN: 81-85218-38-2 Rs. 2000 (5 vols.) the expatriate & stay-at-home Parsee novel-
ists in relation to the Zoroastrian worldview.
Set II, Vols. 6-11 ISBN: 81-7551-115-X Rs. 400
Focus on Feminist movement and detailed
discussions on the fiction of Kamala Mar- Self and Identity in Indian Fiction
kandaya, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Nayantara S.P. Swain
Sahgal, Namita Gokhale, Kamala Das, Jai The novels analyzed in this book focus on the
Nimbkar, Nina Sibal and others. protagonists’s quest for identity on the socio-
ISBN: 81-85218-39-0 Rs. 2500 (6 vols.) logical as well as on the philosophical plane.
Among the novelists discussed are: Anita
Set III, Vols. 12-18 Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, Arun Joshi, Sal-
Detailed discussions on the fiction of Nergis man Rushdie, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao and
Dalal, Dina Mehta, Attia Hosain, Tara Ali Amitav Ghosh.
Baig, Shourie Daniels, Santha Rama Rau, ISBN: 81-7551-162-1 Rs. 400
Meena Alexander, Raji Narasimhan, Uma
Vasudev, Anita Desai, Shobha De, Shashi Voice of the Voiceless:
Deshpande, Bharati Mukherjee, Gita Mehta, Mulk Raj Anand and Jayakanthan
Githa Hariharan, and Jai Nimbkar. The last Dominic Savio
two volumes are devoted to regional women Mulk Raj Anand, the renowned Indian Eng-
writers: Indira Goswami (Assamese), Rajee lish novelist, and D. Jayakanthan, the best
Seth, Mridula Garg and Krishna Sobti known contemporary Tamil novelist, bear es-
(Hindi), Ismat Chughtai and Qurratulain Hy- sentially the same social consciousness. The
der (Urdu), Lakshmi Kannan (Tamil), Malati life of the poor is the subject matter of most
Chendur (Telugu), Amrita Pritam, Ajit Cour of their novels. Their art is an instrument for
and Daleep Kaur Tiwana (Punjabi), Sita social transformation. The comparative study
Devi, Ashapurna Debi and Mahasweta Devi of the two authors is innovative and makes a
(Bengali), Gauri Deshpande and Kamal Desai rich contribution to literature.
(Marathi). ISBN: 81-7551-167-2 Rs. 500
ISBN: 81-85218-40-4 Rs. 3000 (7 vols.)
Modern Indian Fiction:
Parsi Fiction (2 vol. set) History, Politics and Individual in the
Novy Kapadia, R.K. Dhawan & Dodiya, ed. Novels of Salman Rushdie, Amitav
This critical anthology explores the distinc- Ghosh and Upamanyu Chatterjee
tive character of the Parsi novels of the cur- P.S. Ravi
rent era, as is reflected in the works of Rohin- Indian English novel has undergone a signifi-
ton Mistry, Bapsi Sidhwa, Dina Mehta, Fir- cant development in keeping with recent
daus Kanga, Keki Daruwalla and Boman trends in contemporary fiction worldwide.
Desai. Also discussed are the works of the The book explores these developments in
latest Parsi writers, Ardashir Vakil, Meher terms of themes and techniques through a se-
Pestonji and Farishta Murzban Dinshaw. lection of novels by three leading contempo-
ISBN: 81-7551-107-9 Rs. 1000 (2 vols.) rary writers: Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh
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and Upamanuy Chatterjee. It focuses on the cific works of R.K. Narayan, M.R. Anand,
emergence of a new cosmopolitan conscious- Raja Rao, Vikram Seth, Bhisham Sahni, Sri
ness through the study of a close interaction Aurobindo, T.S. Eliot and other writers.
between the historio-political contexts and ISBN: 81-7551-011-7 Rs. 500
the individual and the resultant search for
identity in a complex world. Writers of the Indian Diaspora
ISBN: 81-7551-117-6 Rs. 400 R.K. Dhawan, ed.
In the recent years, a great body of fiction,
Class and Caste in Literature written by writers of Indian origin, has
The Fiction of Stowe and Mulk Raj Anand emerged on the world literary scene. A large
J. Bheemaiah number of these diasporic writers have given
It is an interesting comparative study of Afri- expression to their creative urge and have
can-American novelist Harriet Stowe and In- brought credit to the Indian English fiction as
dian novelist Mulk Raj Anand. It makes an a distinctive force. The volume comprises
in-depth study of slaves in America and un- critical essays on some of the most signifi-
touchables in India, projected by the two cant writers, namely Salman Rushdie, Meena
writers in their works. Alexander, Jhumpa Lahiri and Stephen Gill.
ISBN: 81-7551-161-3 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-7551-111-7 Rs. 400
Theme of Protest in Indian Fiction Discussing Indian Women Writers

H.A. Singh Some Feminist Issues
The book discusses the theme of protest in Alessandro Monti and R.K. Dhawan, ed.
the fiction of Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, The central objective of the book is to discuss
R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, Nayan- the theoretical investigations carried out by
tara Sahgal and Anita Desai. Important issues Indian women writers in their works and to
like imperialism, exploitation of the poor and arrive at a deeper understanding of feminist
suppression of women constitute the subject contentions. It discusses major Indian women
of the book. writers including Anita Desai, Nayantara
ISBN: 81-7551-150-2 Rs. 400 Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Rama Mehta,
Arundhati Roy, Manju Kapur, Kamala Das,
Indian Women Writers Mahasweta Devi, who have given a graphic
R.K. Dhawan, ed. picture of Indian woman in their works.
India has contributed significantly to the ISBN: 81-7551-128-1 Rs. 500
world literature. This contribution of India
has been chiefly through the Indian writing in History-Fiction Interface: M.R. Anand,
English, women novelists in the forefront in Nayantara Sahgal, Salman Rushdie,
this respect. The book comprises critical es- Shashi Tharoor and O.V. Vijayan
says on contemporary writers, especially T.N. Dhar
Arundhati Roy, Nayantara Sahgal, Ruth The book studies the Indian English novel-
Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya. ist’s involvement with history. It is based on
ISBN: 81-7551-109-5 Rs. 500 the assumption that history-fiction connection
is fascinating as well as culturally significant.
Comparative Indian Literature The first two chapters discuss theoretical,
C.R. Visweswara Rao & R.K. Dhawan methodological and historical issues related
The first part of the book is devoted to the- to the history-fiction interface. Later chapters
ory: the definition of comparative Indian lit- provide a detailed analysis of the novels of
erature, feministic comparative approach, M.R. Anand, Nayantara Sahgal, Salman
cross-cultural studies, Indian aesthetics of Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor and O.V. Vijayan,
translation and other such areas. Rest of the to illustrate the whole range of the variety in
book contains comparative studies of the the novelist’s use of history.
Mahabharata, Malayalam and Oriya poetry, ISBN: 81-7551-059-5 Rs. 500
Marathi and Kannada fiction as well as spe-
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History and Fiction: Major Indian Novelists

Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, K. Venkata Reddy
Khushwant Singh & Mukul Kesavan The book contains illuminating critical stud-
Sudhendu Shekhar ies on the pioneers of the modern English
The book examines how the novelists under novel namely, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao,
discussion have drawn on history as the raw R.K. Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya and
material of fiction. It offers a postmodernist Kamala Markandaya.
approach to the novels of these writers. ISBN: 81-85218-29-3 Rs. 200
ISBN: 81-7551-154-0 Rs. 400
50 Years of Indian Writing
Travel Writing and Colonialism R.K. Dhawan, ed.
Sachidananda Mohanty Several writers through Salman Rushdie,
In recent years, new developments in theory Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Desai,
have elevated travel writing to the forefront Arundhati Roy, Girish Karnad, Nirad Chaud-
of literary studies. Basing itself on some of hari, Mahasweta Devi hold centrestage in the
these developments in an interdisciplinary contemporary scenario. The post-1947 period
framework, the book shows that a study of indeed has registered a remarkable growth,
colonial travel can help us define some of our especially in the area of fiction. The volume
vexing postcolonial identities. The book is a tribute to the post-independence Indian
makes a rich contribution to the domain of writing, in its multi-faceted aspects.
literature, travel writing and cross-cultural ISBN: 81-7551-067-6 Rs. 400
studies.
ISBN: 81-7551-146-X Rs. 400 Five Great Indian Novels:
A Discourse Analysis
Narrating Colonialism: Ashok Thorat
Postcolonial Images of the British in The main objective of the study is to show
how discourse analysis is primarily an analy-
Indian English Fiction
sis of language in use. This implies that the
D. Maya
analysis is done at two levels: linguistic and
The book is an investigation into postcolonial
pragmatic. An attempt is made to analyse the
reactions to the colonial experience as mir-
language of the characters in their social in-
rored in the images of the British presented in
teraction, with reference to five major Indian
Indian English fiction. Almost the entire
novels, namely, Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouch-
range of post-Independence Indian English
able, Raja Rao’s Kanthapura, Khushwant
fiction from the works of Mulk Raj Anand to
Singh’s Train to Pakistan, Rama Mehta’s In-
Salman Rushdie is brought within the canvas
side the Haveli and Chaman Nahal’s Azadi.
of the study.
ISBN: 81-7551-073-7 Rs. 500
ISBN: 81-7551-029-3 Rs. 400
Gandhian Ideology & Indian Novel
Kanthapura to Malgudi A.V. Subba Rayudu
S. Xavier Alphonse Mahatma Gandhi has been regarded, by
The book makes a scholarly attempt to exam-
common consent, the greatest man of the
ine the portrayal of South Indian culture in
twentieth century. Major writers like Mulk
thirty-seven Indian English novels written by
Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Bhabani Bhattacharya,
seven eminent authors: K.S. Venkataramani,
Manohar Malgonkar and Nayantara Sahgal
K. Nagarajan, K. Markandaya, Raja Rao,
have given expression to Gandhian thought
R.K. Narayan, B. Rajan and Santha Rama
and philosophy in their fiction. The present
Rau. The book evaluates critically the cul-
book examines the impact of Gandhi on
tural values and assumptions such as the roles
Chaman Nahal, eminent contemporary novel-
of womanhood, relationship, myths and pu-
ist and the winner of prestigious Sahitya
ranas, the guru, religion, bhakti and proverbs.
Akademi award for his novel Azadi.
ISBN: 81-7551-030-7 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-7551-075-7 Rs. 400
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Comparative Perspectives on India and elsewhere in the 1990s. The rich-

Indian Literature ness and diversity of the new writing is repre-
A. Ramakrishna Rao, ed. sented in the fiction of Vikram Seth, Amitav
The volume deals with some significant texts Ghosh, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Gita Mehta,
and themes in Indian writing. A few of the Shobha De, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Muk-
critical assessments have a comparative bias. herjee, Yasmine Gooneratne, Bapsi Sidhwa,
Writers like Gandhi, Raja Rao, M.R. Anand, Miles Franklin and others.
R.K. Narayan, Ruth Jhabvala, Kamala Mar- ISBN: 81-85218-90-0 Rs. 400
kandaya, Sri Aurobindo, V. Satyanarayana
are discussed with reference to specific texts. Indian Writing in the New Millennium
ISBN: 81-85218-64-1 Rs. 400 R.K Dhawan, ed.
Indian writing in English, including literature
Studies in Indian Writing in English in translation, has come of age. Since 1981
P. Bayapa Reddy when Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children re-
The focus of this study is on Indian Drama in ceived the Booker prize, Indian novelists
English, with special reference to Nissim have achieved spectacular success. A number
Ezekiel, Asif Currimbhoy and Girish Karnad. of them, including Anita Desai, Vikram Seth,
The novelists discussed are Kamala Markan- Shashi Tharoor, Vikram Chandra, Arundhati
daya, Manohar Malgonkar, Salman Rushdie. Roy and Manju Kapur have emerged as ma-
ISBN: 81-85218-26-9 Rs. 200 jor literary figures on the international scene.
Likewise, Indian literature in regional lan-
Indian Writing Today guages has registered a remarkable growth,
C.R. Visweswara Rao and several writers like U.R. Anantha
The book offers perspectives on a number of Murthy, Mahasweta Devi, Quarratulain Hy-
contemporary writers. The approaches range der and Girish Karnad have been adequately
from psychoanalysis to stylistic analysis, translated into English.
from political allegory to the women’s ques- ISBN: 81-7551-090-0 Rs. 400
tion, in the works of A.K. Ramanujan, Ka-
mala Das, Rabindranath Tagore, Badal Sir- Dalit Literature and
car, Girish Karnad, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, African-American Literature
Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, K. Markan- N.M. Aston, ed.
daya, Nayantara Sahgal & Shashi Deshpande. The book deals with the literature of two
ISBN: 81-85218-35-8 Rs. 300 marginalized groups of people, namely, the
Indian Dalits and the American Blacks. Both
New Perspectives on Indian Writing Dalit writers in India and African-American
Narendra Kumar, ed. writers in the US have given expression in
In the post-Independence era, Indian English their writings to the protest against the estab-
poetry and fiction have won universal recog- lished order of society that discriminates one
nition. Ezekiel, Ramanujan and Kamala Das man from another on the basis of caste, col-
in poetry, and M.R. Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. our and religion.
Narayan, Anita Desai and Salman Rushdie in ISBN: 81-7551-116-8 Rs. 400
fiction are being assessed both at home and
abroad. The novels of promising writers like Point of View: A Personal Response to
Shashi Tharoor, Vikram Seth, Indira Ganesan Life, Literature and Politics
and Firdaus Kanga offer fresh perspectives. Nayantara Sahgal
ISBN: 81-7551-027-7 Rs. 300 The book brings together Nayantara Sahgal’s
public addresses at literary conferences, and a
Fiction of the Nineties varied selection of her published articles, her
Veena Noble Dass & R.K. Dhawan, ed novels, her personal life and her comments
The book introduces to the wider audience on the Indian scene.
some of the significant novels published in ISBN: 81-7551-017-X Rs. 400
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Man-Woman Relationship in techniques of the Indian novel of the 1980s

Indian Fiction and the 1990s in a systematic way. The writ-
Seema Suneel ers discussed are: Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton
The book critically examines the treatment of Mistry, Vikram Seth, Upamanyu Chatterjee,
the theme of man-woman relationship in In- Shashi Tharoor, Amit Chaudhuri, Allan
dian fiction, with special reference to three Sealy, Farrukh Dhondy, Nina Sibal, Shashi
contemporary novels—Shashi Deshpande’s Deshpande, Bharati Mukherjee, Namita Gok-
The Dark Holds No Terrors, Syed Abdul hale.
Malik’s The Tale of a Nomadic Soul and Ra- ISBN: 81-85218-81-1 Rs. 400
jendra Awasthy’s The Creeping Shadows.
ISBN: 81-85218-98-6 Rs. 300 Charles Dickens and Premchand:
Novelists with a Social Purpose
Style in Indian English Fiction Pramila Batra
Z.N. Patil Both Premchand and Dickens felt inspired by
The book analyzes some Indian novelists in a humanitarian zeal and their reformative fer-
terms of the operation of the principles of vour to combat the injustice and the oppres-
textual and interpersonal pragmatics. The il- sion to which certain individuals and seg-
lustrative material is drawn from the novels ments of society were subjected, in their re-
of Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, spective times. The book makes a compara-
Khushwant Singh, Ahmed Ali, Humayun tive study of Dickens and Premchand, the
Kabir, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Rama Mehta, two great writers known for their passion and
Chaman Nahal, Manohar Malgonkar, Sasthi compassion for humanity.
Brata, Jai Nimbkar, Balraj Khanna, Salman ISBN: 81-7551-101-X Rs. 300
Rushdie and others.
ISBN: 81-85218-85-4 Rs. 400 The Political Novels of
Milan Kundera and O.V. Vijayan:
Indian English Phonology A Comparative Study
N. Gopalakrishnan Nair C. Gopinathan Pillai
Teaching the skills of oral communication is The book compares the fiction of Milan
an important aspect of language teaching. Kundera and O.V. Vijayan in an illuminating
The book focuses on certain aspects of lan- and original manner. Both Kundera and
guage teaching which have long been ne- Vijayan are concerned with problems posed
glected by the curriculum planners, syllabus by societies, exposed to totalitarianism.
designers, text book writers and evaluators. Abuse of political power was endemic to
ISBN: 81-7551-008-0 Rs. 200 both post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia and post-
Nehruvian India. The method of juxtaposition
Indian English Literature adopted by the author while analysing the
since Independence novels of Kundera and Vijayan leads to inter-
K. Ayyappa Paniker, ed. esting new cross-cultural findings.
Indian English literature since Independence ISBN: 81-7551-015-3 Rs. 300
reflects a rich diversity. The book makes an
intensive study of the works of the writers Jhumpa Lahiri:
like Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai and The Master Storyteller
Salman Rushdie who have helped in shaping Suman Bala, ed.
the modern Indian Writing in English. Jhumpa Lahiri, recipient of the coveted Pulit-
ISBN: 81-85218-33-1 Rs. 300 zer award for her collection of short stories
Interpreter of Maladies, and the writer of the
Recent Indian Fiction novel Namesake, is a voice of Indo-American
R.S. Pathak, ed. origin. She may be considered a writer of In-
The volume aims at evaluating thematic pre- dian diaspora. Through her characters, she
occupations, fictional form and narrative tells us about the human conditions that have
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universal resonance in her immigrant identity Women in the Novels of

that forms the core of her stories. Shashi Deshpande
ISBN: 81-7551-125-7 Rs. 400 Suman Bala, ed.
In her works, Shashi Deshpande depicts
Image of the New Woman in the woman in myriad roles—wife, mother,
Presentation of Love and Sex in the daughter and an individual in her own right.
Novels of Ruth Jhabvala The anthology brings together articles by
Hilda David eminent scholars on the subject and makes a
Ruth Jhabvala, the eminent Indian English rich contribution to the areas of Indian fic-
novelist, is best known for her novel Heat tion, women’s studies and sociology.
and Dust. The present book critically exam- ISBN: 81-86256-07-5 Rs. 300
ines the theme of man-woman relationship,
homosexuality, lesbianism and the third sex Shashi Deshpande’s
in her major novels. That Long Silence: A Study
ISBN: 81-7551-062-5 Rs. 300 Santwana Haldar
Shashi Deshpande is the best-known Indian
Shashi Deshpande’s Fiction: novelist today. The book discusses in detail
A Study in Women Empowerment her award-winning novel That Long Silence,
and Postcolonial Discourse covering all aspects.
P.G. Joshi ISBN: 81-7851-021-9 Rs. 400
The status of women all over the world has
undergone a rapid change in the recent dec- The Novels of Shashi Deshpande
ades. The book aims at analyzing Shashi Sarabjit K. Sandhu
Deshpande’s novels in the light of postcolo- The book makes an exhaustive study of the
nial and feminist theories. It takes into ac- depiction of the image of woman in her nov-
count all the novels of Deshpande. els The Dark Holds No Terrors, Roots and
ISBN: 81-7551-133-8 Rs. 400 Shadows, That Long Silence.
ISBN: 81-85218-28-5 Rs. 100
The Novels of Shashi Deshpande in
Postcolonial Arguments Novels of Shobha De
L. Sonia NIngthoujam
Mrinalini Sebastian
Shobha De is a contemporary novelist who
This book analyses some of the arguments of
presents the modern Indian woman at the
major postcolonial thinkers such as Edward
centre of her fiction. This woman is bold,
Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Homi
daring and ambitious. It is the image of this
K. Bhabha. It discusses the possibility of
new woman that Shobha De presents in all
postcolonial readings of literary texts and
her novels.
presents the novels of Shashi Deshpande in a
postcolonial framework. ISBN: 81-7551-171-0 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-7551-078-1 Rs. 500
Shobha De: Critical Studies
A Feminist Perspective on the Jaydipsinh Dodiya
Shobha De has emerged as a major novelist
Novels of Shashi Deshpande on the Indian literary scene. From her first
Y.S. Sunita Reddy novel, Socialite Evenings, to the recently-
The book presents Shashi Deshpande as a
published autobiographical work Speedpost,
feminist writer focussing on all her novels. It
she has evolved as a sensitive writer. The
reveals Deshpande’s instinctive ability to ar-
book, comprising more than thirty critical es-
ticulate the feelings of the contemporary, ur-
says, makes a pioneering attempt at exploring
ban, educated upper-middle-class woman
De’s fictional world that has aroused so much
who is caught in the transitional period be-
curiosity and interest amongst the readers.
tween tradition and modernity.
ISBN: 81-7551-079-X Rs. 500
ISBN: 81-7551-103-6 Rs. 400
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The Fiction of Bharati Mukherjee sex and violene and is precursor of modern
R.K. Dhawan, ed. Indian novel.
Bharati Mukherjee is at her best in the depic- ISBN: 81-7551-170-2 Rs. 400
tion of cultural clash between the East and
the West. She has indeed become a celebrity Arundhati Roy:
for her distinctive approach to expatriatehood The Novelist Extraordinary
as a metaphysical experience of exile. The R.K. Dhawan, ed.
book, the first of its kind on the novelist, Arundhati Roy has emerged as the most sig-
makes a comprehensive attempt at evaluating nificant novelist on the contemporary literary
various aspects of Mukherjee’s fiction and scene. Perhaps no other Indian writer has
her contribution to the study of immigrant reached won such enthusiastic response. Her
writing and modern fiction. novel The God of Small Things, the Booker
ISBN: 81-7551-010-2 Rs. 400 Award winner, has been hailed as a modern
classic. It is both interesting and rewarding to
The Position of Woman in observe how readers situated in the wider
Kamala Markandaya’s Novels world have responded to the novel. Eminent
Lakshmi Kumari Sharma scholars from America, Canada, England, It-
Kamala Markandaya is known for an authen- aly, Germany, Australia, Sri Lanka, and from
tic portrayal of Indian social milieu and the all parts of India have contributed to the rich-
woman’s position in the Indian society. A ness and variety of the volume.
study of her female protagonists reveals how ISBN: 81-7551-060-9 Rs. 500
the distortions in the economic and social or-
der affect women more adversely than men. The Fiction of Anita Desai (2 vols.)
Her women emerge out of darkness, throwing Suman Bala & D.K. Pabby, ed.
off their legacy of humiliation, dependence & Anita Desai is the most popular of the con-
resignation, and reaching out for an equitable temporary Indian women novelists. This an-
share of man’s worldly and spiritual good. thology covers a critical response to the en-
ISBN: 81-7551-094-3 Rs. 400 tire corpus of Anita Desai’s fiction—from
Cry, the Peacock to the recently-published
The Novels of Kamala Markandaya collection of short stories Diamond Dust.
and Ruth Jhabvala ISBN: 81-7551-126-5 Rs. 1000 per set
Rekha Jha
The book discusses the East-West encounter The Novels of Anita Desai
in all its ramifications in the writings of the Usha Bande
two novelists. The study encompasses, adopt- Anita Desai is the foremost Indian novelist of
ing a comparative approach, all the major the post-Independence era. A close reading of
novels including Kamala Markandaya’s A Si- her novels reveals that her concern is with the
lence of Desire, Possession, A Handful of exploration of human psyche. The book is the
Rice, Nectar in a Sieve and Ruth Jhabvala’s first study of its kind that assesses her charac-
Esmond in India, A Backward Place, Heat ters in the light of Third Force Psychology.
and Dust and Three Continents. ISBN: 81-85218-01-3 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-85218-15-3 Rs. 400
Form and Vision in the
Sex and Violence in the Novels of Anita Desai
Novels of Kamala Markandaya Sandhyarani Dash
Jyotsna Sahoo The book is an interpretative study of Anita
Kamala Markandaya is commonly regarded Desai’s novels from Cry, the Peacock to
as a traditional novelist who depicts the poor Baumgartner’s Bombay. It examines various
and rustics of rural India. Here is a book that formal attributes of her novels vis-à-vis their
absolutely demolishes this view. It reveals themes and messages.
that Markandaya is best in her depiction of ISBN: 81-7551-000-5 Rs. 200
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Virginia Woolf and Anita Desai freshingly new assessment, the attempt is not
A Comparative Study to label but to elucidate and interpret the fic-
Asha Kanwar tion of Mulk Raj Anand and assess his con-
Virginia Woolf and Anita Desai are two great tribution to the Indian English fiction.
artists in the realm of fiction. It is rewarding ISBN: 81-85218-63-3 Rs. 400
to investigate into the works of the two au-
thors belonging to different ages & different The World of Malgudi:
cultures but having striking similarities. A Study of R.K. Narayan’s Novels
ISBN: 81-85218-07-2 Rs. 100 A. Hariprasanna
The book is the first attempt to write a full-
The Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa fledged account of the World of Malgudi as
R.K. Dhawan and Novy Kapadia, ed. depicted in the novels of Narayan. It takes up
The book is a collection of lively and deeply for detailed discussion Swami and Friends,
researched essays on the novels of Bapsi Sid- The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The
hwa. There is multiplicity of themes in her English Teacher, The Financial Expert, Wait-
novels, The Crow Eaters, Ice-Candy-Man, ing for the Mahatma, The Guide, The Man-
The Bride and An American Brat. Eater of Malgudi, The Vendor of Sweets, A
ISBN: 81-85218-65-X Rs. 400 Tiger for Malgudi, The World of Nagaraj and
Grandmother’s Tale.
Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy-Man ISBN: 81-85218-93-5 Rs. 400
Rashmi Gaur
The the first part by the editor offers a com- The Use of Myth in
prehensive introduction to Bapsi Sidhwa and R.K. Narayan’s Novels
her partition novel Ice-Candy Man along with D.S. Dewari
an in-depth analysis of the text; the second The book studies three Narayan novels, The
part carries scholarly articles by eminent crit- English Teacher, The Man-Eater of Malgudi
ics on various aspects of the novel. and The Painter of Signs, in the light of three
ISBN: 81-7851-011-1 Rs. 400 popular Indian myths—the Savitri-Satyavan
myth, the Bhasmasura myth and the Santanu-
Anantha Murthy’s Samskara: Ganga myth. It reveals how Narayan has trans-
A Critical Study formed Indian history and myth into fascinat-
Rashmi Gaur ing fiction by the alchemy of his genius.
In Samskara, a modern classical novel, Anan- ISBN: 81-7551-100-1 Rs. 300
tha Murthy has skilfully portrayed Brahmin-
Dalit conflict, problems of sperstitions The Novels of R.K. Narayan
amongst uneducated Indian villagers, and Ramesh Dnyate
marginalisation of women in Indian social The book is a reappraisal of Narayan’s craft
system. The novel raises some important is- of fiction with special reference to the char-
sues in this context and explores the psyche acterization in Malgudi novels. Finding
of the Indian mind. The present volume Western critical parameters inadequate to
makes an innovative attempt at explicating measure the typical and predetermined char-
the theme and technical aspects of this ex- acters in Narayan’s novels, the book suggests
traordinary Indian novel. a viable approach to consider Narayan’s
ISBN: 81- Rs. 400 characterization from a new perspective.
ISBN: 81-7551-001-3 Rs. 300
The Novels of Mulk Raj Anand
R.K. Dhawan, ed. Vikram Seth: The Literary Genius
The book provides a critical survey of re- Pramod K. Nayar and R.K. Dhawan
sponses to the novels and short stories of The volume offers a wide spectrum of critical
Mulk Raj Anand, regarded as one of the pio- response by eminent scholars to the entire
neers of the Indian English fiction. In this re- range of Seth’s writings including The
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Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy and An Unequal and evaluates his contribution to the rise of
Music. Indian writing in English.
ISBN: 81-7851-168-0 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-7551-074-9 Rs. 400
Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy: The Short Stories of Manjeri Isvaran

Search for an Indian Identity N. Gopalakrishnan Nair
Shyam Agarwalla Manjeri S. Isvaran is one of the best-known
The book is the first full-length study of A short story writers of India. His contribution
Suitable Boy, the novel for which Vikram to Indian literature is significant. He is per-
Seth was awarded the 1994 Commonwealth haps the only Indian writer of the colonial era
Writer Prize. This book closely examines the to have chosen the ancient medium of short
theme and technique of the novel, revealing story and an alien language to render indige-
his penetrating insight and wide knowledge nous life and Indian experience into an artis-
of Indian-English literature, English literature tically realizable entity. The book is a critical
and also the history of India and England. study of the thematic concerns and technical
ISBN: 81-85218-97-8 Rs. 200 virtuosities of Isvaran’s stories.
The Novels of Raja Rao ISBN: 81-7551-005-6 Rs. 200
Esha Dey Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home
The book makes an in-depth critical study of and the World: Critical Perspectives
the fiction of Raja Rao. It makes an illumi- Rama Kundu, ed.
nating elucidation of all the works of Raja In the recent years, there has been a revival of
Rao, including Kanthapura, The Serpent and interest in Tagore’s fiction, especially the
the Rope, The Chessmaster and His Moves novel The Home and the World. Set on a
and On the Ganga Ghat and Other Stories. Bengali zamindar’s estate in 1908, it is both a
ISBN: 81-85218-34-X Rs. 400 love story and a novel of political awakening.
The present book throws fresh light on The
The Fiction of Rohinton Mistry Home and the World and adds to our aware-
Jaydipsinh Dodiya, ed. ness of the intrinsic value of Indian fiction.
Rohinton Mistry, an Indian-born novelist set- ISBN: 81-7851-000-6 Rs. 400
tled in Canada, is a powerful chronicler of
contemporary social and political life. He Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home
shot into fame on being shortlisted for the and the World: New Dimensions
prestigious Booker Prize for his novel Family D.K. Pabby and Alpana Neogy, ed.
Matters. Earlier he published a collection of Tagore was a prolific writer and multi-
short stories Tales from Firozsha Baag and faceted genius. Among his major fictional
the critically-acclaimed novel Such a Long works, the novel The Home and the World
Journey, which was a runner up for the 1991 (Ghare-Baire) has attained immense popular-
Booker Prize. The book makes a pioneering ity in recent years. The first part offers a
attempt at the evaluation of the entire range comprehensive introduction to the novel and
of Mistry’s fiction. an in-depth analysis of the text; the second
ISBN: 81-7551-046-3 Rs. 300 part carries scholarly articles by eminent crit-
ics on various aspects of the novel.
Manjeri Isvaran: ISBN: 81-7851-003-0 Rs. 400
The Man and the Writer
John E. Abraham The Novels of Amitav Ghosh
Manjeri S. Isvaran (1910-66) is one of the R.K. Dhawan, ed.
pioneers of Indian Writing in English. The The new Indian writing, published in the
wide range of his publications includes po- 1980s and 1990s, has ushered in a literary
ems, plays, short stories, translations and renaissance. Amitav Ghosh is one of the most
criticism. The book makes an exhaustive distinguished contemporary Indian novelists.
study of the mind and art of Manjeri Isvaran His popularity graph has been rising ever
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since he published his first novel The Circle ISBN: 81-7551-003-X Rs. 400
of Reason in 1986. The book, comprising
critical essays by eminent scholars, is a pio- The Novels of Arun Joshi
neering attempt at the evaluation of the entire R.K. Dhawan, ed.
range of fiction written by Amitav Ghosh. The book provides a critical survey of all the
ISBN: 81-7551-011-0 Rs. 500 novels and short stories of Arun Joshi. It fo-
cuses attention not only on Joshi’s thematic
Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines: concerns but also on his narrative techniques,
Critical Perspectives and more significantly on the psychological
Novy Kapadia, ed. overtones of his work.
While Amitav Ghosh has written a number of ISBN: 81-85218-62-5 Rs. 400
novels, his best known is The Shadow Lines,
a novel on the theme of Partition, that has The Novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya
been translated into many languages of the Balram S. Sorot
world. The volume aims at an overall as- Bhabani Bhattacharya is one of the major In-
sessment of this classic novel of Ghosh. dian novelists who have laid the foundations
ISBN: 81-7851-001-4 Rs. 500 of the novel in English. The book discusses
The Novels of Salman Rushdie all his novels and short stories with a focus
G.R. Taneja and R.K. Dhawan, ed. on the theme of modernity and tradition and
Salman Rushdie has emerged as one of the the contribution the novelist makes to the
most powerful novelists of the world. His technique of fiction-writing. It also makes a
work, especially Midnight’s Children, is comparative assessment of Bhattacharya and
complex and his narrative intricate. The book R.K. Narayan.
is a collection of critical papers by interna- ISBN: 81-85218-32-3 Rs. 300
tional scholars on various aspects of Rush-
die’s thematic and technical art. The Novels of Manohar Malgonkar
ISBN: 81-85218-61-7 Rs. 400 M. Rajagopalachari
Malgonkar is one of the most significant In-
Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children dian novelists writing in English. The book
demonstrates the complexity of human exis-
A Reader’s Companion
tence in his fiction and brings out the novel-
Tapan Kumar Ghosh
ist’s vision of life. It discusses in detail his
The first section introduces Salman Rushdie,
novels Distant Drum, Combat of Shadows,
the novelist, and his work Midnight’s Chil-
The Princes, A Bend in the Ganges, The
dren, with an exhaustive commentary on the
Devil’s Wind and The Garland Keepers.
novel by Tapan Ghosh. The second section,
ISBN: 81-85218-16-1 Rs. 200
comprising exploratory essays by eminent
academics, offers a wide spectrum of views
on the modern classic Midnight’s Children Khushwant Singh: The Man and Writer
and is thus a useful addition to the existing R.K. Dhawan, ed.
corpus of Rushdie criticism. Khushwant Singh is perhaps India’s best
ISBN: 81-7551-010-3 Rs. 500 known journalist and critic of life, literature,
sex and politics. His novel Train to Pakistan
Arun Joshi’s Fiction: is considered an Indian classic and his latest
novel The Company of Women has been
The Labyrinth of Life
hailed as a landmark in the history of Indian
Tapan Kumar Ghosh
English fiction. The present book covers
Arun Joshi is one of the distinguished Indian
various aspects of the writer’s literary career
English novelists. His fiction delineates the
as also his daring and controversial views,
modernity of human condition and explores
giving new insights into the man and the
some fundamental problems of human exis-
writer that Khushwant Singh is.
tence. The book is a comprehensive study of
ISBN: 81-7551-028-5 Rs. 500
his fiction including his short stories.
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M.V. Rama Sarma: His Mind and Art ISBN: 81-7551-114-1 Rs. 500
K. Venkata Reddy, ed.
Divided into three sections, the book makes a The Poetry and Translations of
critical assessment of M.V. Rama Sarma. A.K. Ramanujan
Section A contains articles on Shakespeare Rama Nair
and Milton, areas of profound interest to A.K.Ramanujan holds a unique position in
Rama Sarma. Section B concerns itself with modern Indian poetic scene. His original po-
the themes and techniques of his novels and etry in English has its roots in his transla-
plays. Section C contains his articles on Mil- tions. A comparative study of Ramanujan’s
ton, Shakespeare and Heywood. translation and his original poetic work in
ISBN: 81-85218-37-4 Rs. 300 English affirms a contextualisation in terms
of themes, motifs and structures. The influ-
Vivekananda: Speeches & Writings ence of his translated works on his poetry has
A Critical Study been assimulated to such a degree that one
C.L. Khatri can speak of analogies and relational studies.
Vivekananda is one of the greatest religious The book attempts a study of this relationship
leaders and thinkers of the modern India. The ISBN: 81-7551-119-2 Rs. 300
present book is a pioneering study of the Six Women Poets:
speeches and writings of Vivekananda in a A Cross-Cultural Study
literary perspective. It makes a critical Mina Surjit Singh
evaluation of his prose style and oratorial The book examines the works of six repre-
skill. sentative poets—from India and America—
ISBN: 81-7551-086-2 Rs. 400 who in their writings reflect a desire for free-
dom from gender oppression as also from
Nirad C. Chaudhari age-old stifling traditions. The book studies
The Scholar Extraordinary cross-culturally the poetry of Emily Dickin-
R.K Dhawan, ed. son and Sarojini Naidu, Sylvia Plath and
Nirad Chaudhari, who died on 1 August Kamala Das, Adrienne Rich & Mamta Kalia.
1999, at the age of 101, was one of the great- ISBN: 81-7551-143-5 Rs. 500
est thinkers of the 20th century. He wrote ten
books including the famous work The Auto- Indian Renaissance and
biography of an Unknown Indian. The book Indian English Poetry
is a fitting tribute to his genius. Subhas Chandra Saha
ISBN: 81-7551-087-0 Rs. 400 Indian Renaissance took birth in the 19th
century Bengal. Indian English poetry origi-
Indian Poetry nated from Calcutta. The author discusses
and analyses the connections and interactions
Trends and Techniques in between the two phenomena and establishes
Contemporary Indian English Poetry that Indian English poetry originated as an
Rama Nair, ed. inevitable outcome of the historical situation
The anthology makes a survey of the trends in India at that particular point of time.
and techniques in contemporary Indian Eng- ISBN: 81-7551-035-8 Rs. 300
lish poetry. A critical perspective of the po-
etic development over the last two decades is The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra
essential to promote a greater self-awareness, Rabindra K. Swain
a more accurate knowledge of native tradi- Jayanta Mahapatra is one of the foremost po-
tions and a greater insight into their modern ets writing in English today. The present
transformations. A comparative perspective book makes a pioneering attempt to trace the
can lead to further insights into the well- socio-cultural forces that have gone into the
known cultural traits of Indian history and shaping of the poet’s language and vision.
literature such as eclecticism, multi- ISBN: 81-7551-085-4 Rs. 400
lingualism and multi-culturalism.
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Jayanta Mahapatra: The Poet Sudhakar Pandey and Freya Barua, ed.
R. Shankar The anthology is designed to introduce to a
The book shows that a characteristic trait of wider audience India’s most important con-
Jayanta Mahapatra’s poetry is the depiction temporary dramatists Vijay Tendulkar, Badal
of India and Hindu religion, with its various Sircar and Girish Karnad and to give analytic
rituals and myths. The book argues that Ma- and critical assessments of their work.
hapatra is humanist in the trinity of religion, ISBN: 81-85218-78-1 Rs. 300
culture and time. In exploring these themes,
he makes an indefatigable quest, rendering Studies in
his poetry a harmonious whole. Contemporary Indian Drama
ISBN: 81-7551-145-1 Rs. 400 Sudhakar Pandey & Taraporewala, ed.
The volume brings together a series of schol-
Indian Drama arly papers on contemporary Indian drama
and theatre. It includes perceptive studies on
Indian Drama Today Girish Karnad, Vijay Tendulkar, Nissim Eze-
M. Sarat Babu kiel, Badal Sircar and Mohan Rakesh.
The book makes an in-depth study of the ISBN: 81-85218-18-8 Rs. 300
theme of cultural deformity in its variegated
Jayashankar Prasad’s Chandragupta:
aspects as revealed in the plays of Mohan
Rakesh, Girish Karnad, Vijay Tendulkar and A Study
Badal Sircar. The focus is on six cultural de- Sanjeev Kumar
formities: gender, social, political, physical, The book offers a comparative study of
mental and spiritual, and a full-length chapter Chandragupta, a play written by Hindi play-
is devoted to each. wright Jayshankar Prasad and also by Bengali
ISBN: 81-7551-026-9 Rs. 300 writer Dwijendralal Roy. There are several
affinities and differences between the two
Flowering of Indian Drama: versions of the same play, making great con-
tribution to Indian literature.
Growth and Development
ISBN: 81-7851-021-9 Rs. 400
K.V. Reddy and R.K. Dhawan, ed.
The book makes an innovative attempt at of- The Plays of Mahasweta Devi
fering a wide and comprehensive gallery of E. Satyanarayana
Indian playwrights, evaluating their signifi- Mahasweta Devi is one of the few writers in
cant works. Included in the volume are writ- India with an unflinching commitment and
ers like Tagore, Asif Currimbhoy, Girish passion for the underdog. She is an activist-
Karnad, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahasweta Devi writer and has been awarded the Jnanpith
and Mahesh Dattani. Award, the highest literary prize in India. The
ISBN: 81-7551-152-4 Rs. 400 book, while making a close study of the the-
matic concerns in Mahasweta Devi’s five
Three Indian Playwrights: Tagore, plays, attempts to show the uniqueness of her
Badal Sircar and Mahasweta Devi dramatic vision and her artistic excellence.
R.K. Dhawan, ed. ISBN: 81-7551-081-1 Rs. 400
Indian drama in English and regional lan-
guages is characterized by a rich variety in The Plays of Girish Karnad:
themes and technique. Tagore, Sircar and Critical Perspectives
Mahasweta Devi are Bengali writers who Jaydipsinh Dodiya, ed.
have contributed to the growth of Indian Karnad is regarded as one of the three great
drama. The book discusses some major plays writers of the contemporary Indian drama,
by these writers, highlighting their character- the other two being Vijay Tendulkar and
istic traits. Badal Sircar. His significant plays include
ISBN: 81-7551-159-1 Rs. 400 Yayati, Tughlaq, Naga-Mandala, Tale-Danda
& Hayavadana. The book, comprising more
New Directions in Indian Drama
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than thirty scholarly papers, offers a critical popular play Ghashiram Kotwal is based on
appraisal of Karnad as a dramatist and pro- the historical conflict between Nana Phad-
vides varied perspectives on his major plays. navis and his henchman Ghashiram Kotwal.
ISBN: 81-7551-061-7 Rs. 500 The book offers an exhaustive critical com-
mentary on the play, followed by scholarly
The Indian Imagination of essays by eminent scholars.
Girish Karnad ISBN: 81-7851-008-1 Rs. 400
P. Dhanavel
The book critically examines various themes Vijay Tendulkar’s GhashiramKotwal:
viz. humanism, identity crisis, literary genet- Critical Perspectives
ics, condensation and desire for recognition Vinod Bala Sharma, ed.
in the plays of Girish Karnad, with a focus on In the first section, the editor introduces the
his most representative play Hayavadana. playwright and his works with a focus on his
The analysis reveals that Karnad’s plays are famous play Ghashiram Kotwal; the second
steeped in an imagination which is truly In- section contains critical perspectives on the
dian in character. play by eminent drama critics.
ISBN: 81-7551-077-3 Rs. 300 ISBN: 81-7851-002-2 Rs. 400
Three Plays of Girish Karnad: Mohan Rakesh’s Halfway House
A Study in Poetics and Culture Critical Perspectives
Vanashree Tripathi Subhash Chandra, ed.
The book critically examines Girish Karnad’s Mohan Rakesh, recipient of Sangeet Natak
concern as a playwright with poetics and cul- Akademi Award twice, was a versatile writer
ture. It offers a close reading of the three who experimented with many genres: short
plays—Hayavadana, Tale-Danda and The stories, novels and plays. His plays Aashadh
Fire and the Rain—testifying the play- Ka Ek Din, Lehron Ke Rajhans and Aadhe-
wright’s growth from being an experimenter Adhure lent a new dignity to the Hindi thea-
to a consummate theorist of drama. tre. The present book explores the mystique
ISBN: 81-7551-151-6 Rs. 400 of Rakesh, taking up Halfway House (Aadhe-
Adhure) for a detailed critical analysis.
Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana: ISBN: 81-7851-004-9 Rs. 500
A Critical Study
L.S. Gill Women’s Studies
Hayavadana is one of the best plays of Kar- Feminism and the Individual
nad. The book offers a thorough study of the Kalpana R.J.
play covering all aspects. The focus of the book is on woman as an in-
ISBN: 81-7851-020-0 Rs. 400 dividual. It discusses, in context with the
given theme, the fiction of Anita Desai, Ka-
The Plays of Mahesh Dattani
mala Markandaya, Shashi Deshpande, Na-
R.K. Dhawan and Tanu Pant, ed.
mita Gokhale and Suniti Namjoshi.
Mahesh Dattani is the foremost Indian Eng-
ISBN: 81-7551-156-7 Rs. 400
lish dramatist today. The pioneering study
makes an attempt at evaluating the major
Feminism and Family
plays of Dattani in terms of themes and tech-
Kalpana R.J.
nique.
The book discusses the boundaries and meth-
ISBN: 81-7551-160-5 Rs. 400
odologies of Feminist Consciousness. It high-
lights the cultural oppressiveness of the state
Vijay Tendulkar’s Ghashiram Kotwal:
of motherhood with reference to the novels of
A Reader’s Companion Anita Desai, Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara
M. Sarat Babu Sahgal and Shashi Deshpande.
Vijay Tendulkar has dominated Indian liter- ISBN: 81-7551-155-9 Rs. 400
ary scene for more than three decades. His
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Feminism and Sexual Poetics Neena Arora

Kalpana R.J. The book attempts a fresh and revealing
The focus of the book is on women poets comparative study of the selected works of
who have portrayed the struggle between tra- Nayantara Sahgal and Doris Lessing from the
ditional strictures and raised feminist con- feminist stance. Both Lessing and Sahgal de-
sciousness of the women today. The poets pict women suffering due to sexist bias in the
discussed are: Kamala Das, Sujata Bhatt, patriarchal society, and they envision a world
Mamta Kalia, Imtiaz Dharker, Suniti Nam- which should be based on equality and har-
joshi and Eunice de Souza. mony between the two sexes.
ISBN: 81-7551-157-6 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-85218-31-5 Rs. 300
The Feminine Voice in Indian Fiction Feminism & American Literature

S.P. Swain R.K. Dhawan, ed.
The volume highlights feminine voice articu- The anthology makes a comprehensive sur-
lated in the recent fiction by writers like vey of feminism and the woman’s question in
Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai, Bharati terms of contemporary literary writing in
Mukherjee, Shobha De and Arundhati Roy. America. The focus of the book is on the No-
The book projects the awakening, ushered in bel Laureate Toni Morrison. There are per-
by the feminist movement in India. ceptive articles on Sylvia Plath, Tennessee
ISBN: 81-7551-157-6 Rs. 400 Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Maria Irene
Fornes, John Steinbeck, J.D. Salinger, Joyce
Recent Trends in Women’s Poetry Carol Oates, Alice Walker and Willa Cather.
Manju Jaidka ISBN: 81-7551-025-0 Rs. 300
The book attempts a survey of some of the
important themes and ideas that emerged in Feminism & Modern American Poetry
women’s poetry of the twentieth century. A Annamma Joseph
close study of the works of five major women The book attempts a critical analysis of the
writers—Anne Sexton, Margaret Atwood, poetry of three significant modern American
Sylvia Plath, Kamala Das, Anna Akhma- poets Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Adri-
tova—reveals that in each individual poet, enne Rich from a feminist perspective. These
the effort is to focus on one main theme women poets transcend the conventional lit-
which becomes representative of a large con- erary and ideological norms in order to create
cern with the position of women viewed a woman-centered universe. The study ex-
against diverse cultural & social background. plores the different routes through which they
ISBN: 81-7551-091-9 Rs. 300 arrive at a poetics of feminist experience.
ISBN: 81-7551-009-9 Rs. 300
Patterns of Feminist Consciousness in
Indian Women Writers Black Women’s Writing:
Anuradha Roy Quest for Identity
The book is a significant comparative study Y.S. Sharadha
of five selected novels on the basis of differ- Black women’s writing has registered a phe-
ent patterns of evolving feminist conscious- nomenal growth in the recent years. Lorraine
ness depicted in the narratives. It makes a Hansberry and Ntozake Shange are out-
rich contribution to the growing corpus of standing black women playwrights whose
feminist criticism on the fiction of Anita portraits of black life and culture are charac-
Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Attia Hosain, Rama terized by a vision distinctively feminine and
Mehta and Shashi Deshpande. different from that of many black male
ISBN: 81-7551-064-1 Rs. 400 dramatists of the period. The focus is on a re-
assessment of black literature in an attempt to
Nayantara Sahgal and Doris Lessing: discover multiple black feminine styles.
A Feminist Study in Comparison ISBN: 81-7551-038-2 Rs. 400
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Women’s Voices: The Novels of rica; Derek Walcott of West Indies; Tagore,
Indian Women Writers A.K. Ramanujan, Harindranath Chat-
K. Meera Bai topadhyaya, T.P. Kailasam, Manoranjan Das,
The book is a brilliant study of feminine sen- Badal Sircar, Salman Rushdie, Chaman Na-
sibility at work in the fiction of Indian hal and S. Radhakrishnan of India.
women writers, with a focus on Anita Desai, ISBN: 81-85218-7-0 Rs. 400
Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal and
Ruth Jhabvala. Recent Commonwealth Literature
ISBN: 81-7551-004-8 Rs. 300 Dhawan, Dhamija, Shrivastava, ed.
The book studies elaborately the genesis and
A Feminist Perspective on the bearing of Commonwealth literature. It con-
Fiction of Virginia Woolf tains critical studies on Rushdie, Anand,
Sulabha Naik Arun Joshi, M. Malgonkar, R.K. Narayan,
The book offers a feminist critique on the fic- Nina Sibal, Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal,
tion of Virginia Woolf, one of the most sig- Ruth Jhabvala, Nergis Dalal, Rama Mehta,
nificant novelists of the 20th century. Vir- Keki Daruwalla, Earle Birney, Judith Wright,
ginia Woolf is the first major novelist in Eng- Katherine Mansfield, Hugh MacLennan,
lish who deals with what may now be termed Lamming, Naipaul, John Masters, Soyinka,
as the ‘woman’s question.’ The book makes Achebe, Ngugi, Plomer and Flora Nwapa.
an assesssment of the contribution made by ISBN: 81-85218-09-9 Rs. 800 (2 vols.)
Virginia Woolf to the realm of English fic-
tion, from the feminist viewpoint. Commonwealth Writing:
ISBN: 81-7551-052-8 Rs. 200 A Study in Expatriate Experience
R.K Dhawan and L.S.R.K. Sastry, ed.
Commonwealth Literature The first section defines and discusses the
theme of expatriation and immigration as
Essays on the New Literatures dealt in Commonwealth writing. This is fol-
R.K. Dhawan, ed. lowed by critical studies on specific writers:
The volume offers new insights into the fic- Vikram Seth, Ruth Jhabvala, Bharati Muk-
tion of Commonwealth writers, especially herjee, Anita Desai, Attia Hosain (India),
Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Manju Ka- Udaya Meddegama (Sri Lanka), Farhana
pur, Shashi Tharoor and Chinua Achebe. Sheikh (Pakistan), George Lamming, Naipaul
ISBN: 81-7551-139-7 Rs. 400 (West Indies) & Margaret Laurence (Canada)
ISBN: 81-85218-82-X Rs. 300
New Commonwealth Writing:
A Critical Response Centering the Margins:
M.L. Pandit Perspectives on Literatures in
A collection of essays in the areas of Indian, English from India, Africa, Australia
West Indian, Nigerian and Canadian writing, Cynthia vanden Driesen
the book includes a special section on Salman The book, comprising 11 perceptive essays,
Rushdie. An exclusive interview with Salman reveals the new directions postcolonial criti-
Rushdie is published for the first time. cism is taking. The author confronts the most
ISBN: 81-7551-007-2 Rs. 400 complex writers: R.K. Narayan in India,
Achebe in Africa, Patrick White in Australia.
Critical Studies in She focuses on women’s studies in the post-
Commonwealth Literature colonial context through her study of
K. Venkata Reddy Emecheta and on immigration and multicul-
Chapters are devoted to specific writers like turalism through her essay on Asian writing
Katherine Mansfield of New Zealand; Mar- in Australia.
garet Atwood and Margaret Laurence of ISBN: 81-85218-99-4 Rs. 300
Canada; David Williamson of Australia;
Wole Soyinka and Nadine Gordimer of Af- Commentaries on Commonwealth
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Poetry and Drama The study makes an inquiry into Naipaul’s

S. Ramaswamy fiction as an experimental recreation of the
This volume of essays covers a wide range of third-world consciousness. It is one of the
subjects. It has articles on Obi Egbuna (Af- pioneering studies on the mind and art of
rica), Douglas Stewart, Patrick White, Ray Naipaul. It has detailed chapters on The Mys-
Lawler (Australia), George Woodcock, tic Masseur, The Suffrage of Elvira, The
Sharon Pollock, Michel Tremblay (Canada), Mimic Men, A House for Mr. Biswas, Mr.
Claude McKay (West Indies), Arthur Ja- Stone, The Knight’s Companion, Guerrillas,
wodimbari (New Zealand). A Bend in the Ganges and In a Free State.
ISBN: 81-85218-79-X Rs. 300 ISBN: 81-85218-12-9 Rs. 300
Commentaries on The Novels of V.S. Naipaul:

Commonwealth Fiction Quest for Order and Identity
S. Ramaswamy N. Rama Devi
This volume of essays on Commonwealth The book analyzes Naipaul’s quest for order
fiction covers a wide range of subjects. It has and identity in his novels with the third world
articles on Wole Soyinka (Africa), Henry setting, namely The Mystic Masseur, The Suf-
Handel Richardson, Patrick White (Austra- frage of Elvira, A House for Mr. Biswas, The
lia), Hugh MacLennan, Morley Callaghan, Mimic Men, In a Free State, Guerrillas, A
Anne Hebert (Canada), Wilson Harris (West Bend in the River and A Way in the World.
Indies), Katherine Mansfield (New Zealand), ISBN: 81-85218-006-4 Rs. 300
James Goonewardane (Sri Lanka).
ISBN: 81-85218-80-3 Rs. 300
Canadian Literature
Caribbean Literature The Fiction of Margaret Laurence and
Anita Desai: Discourse in Alienation
The West Indian Fiction D.K. Pabby
R.K. Dhawan, ed. The volume on the fiction of Canadian writer
West Indian literature is best known for the Margaret Laurence and Indian English writer
fiction it has produced. George Lamming, Anita Desai is conceived as a project in com-
Wilson Harris, Samuel Selvon and V.S. Nai- parative framework. It interrogates and cri-
paul are amongst the most significant novel- tiques significant questions relating to iden-
ists of the twentieth century. The volume tity, ethnicity, multiculturalism, immigration,
highlights the contribution made by these globalization, alienation and affirmation that
writers and also discusses the work of other confront the Canadian and Indian society and
writers including Jean Rhys, Roger Mais, the literary world..
Cyril Dabydeen and Jamaica Kincaid. ISBN: 81-7551-158-3 Rs. 500
ISBN: 81-7551-044-7 Rs. 400
Trishanku and Other Writings
V.S. Naipaul: A Literary Response to Uma Parameswaran
the Nobel Laureate Trishanku is a cycle of poems consisting of
Suman Bala, ed. about fifteen voices that cumulatively reflect
Naipaul is one of the best-known Englih nov- the first quarter century of Indo-Canadian ex-
elists of the modern times; his popularity perience in Manitoba.
reached its zenith when he received the No- ISBN: 81-7551-019-6 Rs. 300
bel Prize for literature. The volume, a collec-
tion of recent essays on his writings, aims at Land Where the Trees Talk and
paying the fittest tribute to the great novelist.
Other Plays
ISBN: 81-7551-136-2 Rs. 500
Rahul Varma
The four plays included in this volume show
The Novels of V.S. Naipaul the evolution of Rahul Varma’s art and his
Shashi Kamra commitment to challenging the inequities
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imposed on new immigrants in Canada. In

the title play, he enters new but related terri- India in Canadian Imagination
tory the encroachment of commercial tech- R.K. Dhawan, D.K. Pabby and S.S. Sharma
nology on the rights of the First Nations. The book explores the heritage of Indian
ISBN: 81-7551-022-6 Rs. 400 thought and the image of India depicted in
Canadian literature. Writers like Uma Pa-
Five or Six Characters in Search of rameswaran, Rohiton Mistry, Anita Rau Bad-
Toronto and Other Plays ami and Shauna Singh Baldwin have con-
Rana Bose structed an image of India in their works as
Rana Bose is an intellectual dissenter. All his they imagine it to be. The book adds to the
plays highlight the theme of protest, not spe- literature of Indian diaspora.
cific injustices or individual incidents of suf- ISBN: 81-7551-138-9 Rs. 400
fering so much as the systemic shortcomings
that give rise to and perpetuate an unjust so- Canadian Literature Today
ciety. His plays have a Canadian setting but R.K. Dhawan, ed.
their implications have global relevance. The volume contains essays on Nature in Ca-
ISBN: 81-7551-021-8 Rs. 300 nadian poetry, the poems of Irving Layton,
the plays of Robertson Davies, the autobiog-
Sons Must Die and Other Plays raphies of Claire Martin and Sharan-Jeet
Uma Parameswaran Shan, the literary criticism of George Whal-
Sons Must Die and Other Plays reflects both ley and the novels of Michael Ondaatje,
the evolution of the Indo-Canadian commu- Mordecai Richler, Vassanji, Alice Munro,
nity and the evolution of the writer. At one Marie Clair Blais, Joan Barfoot, Beatrice
level, these plays deal with the demands and Culleton, Margaret Atwood and Rudy Wiebe.
experiences of such universals as mother- ISBN: 81-85218-95-1 Rs. 400
hood, bhakti, transplantation etc. while at the
level of specifics, they delineate the growth Perspectives on Indo-Canadian Studies
of theatre in the Indo-Canadian community. Jacob George, ed.
ISBN: 81-7551-020-4 Rs. 300 The twenty-three articles in this volume pre-
sent the varied encounters of the colonial,
Multiculturalism: Canada and India migratory, cross-cultural, constitutional and
R.K. Dhawan and D.K. Pabby, ed. multilingual kind which forge the identity of
Immigrant literature, native writing and India and Canada. Such an attempt highlights
cross-cultural studies are the upcoming areas the multicultural mosaic of present-day Can-
of contemporary Canadian writing and these ada and India.
truly represent the face of multicultural Can- ISBN: 81-7551-105-2 Rs. 400
ada. The rich diversity has similarity with lit-
erary and cultural scenario in India. The book Perspectives on Canadian Fiction
makes a comparative study of the rich inter- Sudhakar Pandey, ed.
racial, ethnic literatures of the two countries. The volume contains exploratory critical
studies on various aspects of Canadian fic-
ISBN: 81-7551-166-4 Rs. 400
tion. Feminism and women’s writing consti-
tute the bulk of the volume. Writers like
Commentaries on Canadian Literature
Margaret Atwood, Sinclair Ross, Sally Mor-
S. Ramaswamy
gan and Rudy Wiebe are discussed with ref-
Contemporary Canadian literature has re-
erence to specific texts.
ceived a worldwide response. The book of-
fers detailed commentaries on the major Ca- ISBN: 81-85218-77-3 Rs. 400
nadian texts and authors—a book that really Australian Literature
helps to understand and appreciate Canadian
literature. Diaspora:
ISBN: 81-7551-173-7 Rs. 500 The Australasian Experience
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Cynthia vanden Driesen & Ralph Crane, ed. plines are highlighted: politics, diplomacy,
The perennially engaging theme of diaspora tourism and even science show interactions
has acquired an increasing, even an alarming across a whole range of areas.
resonance in the contemporary world. This ISBN: 81-7551-131-1 Rs. 700
collection of writings from Australia, New
Zealand, India and Singapore straddles disci- Australian Literature Today
plines ranging from Literature, Media, and R.K Dhawan and David Kerr, ed.
the Social Sciences to Computing and Li- The book includes essays that deal with some
brary Studies. The medley of voices combine significant texts and themes in Australian
to illuminate a topic which must surely be writing. Writers like Patrick White, David
one of the most challenging in current intel- Malouf, Peter Carey, C.J. Koch, Christopher
lectual debates the world over. It is aerated Brennan and Vincent Buckley are discussed
also with insightful contributions from crea- with reference to specific texts.
tive artists. The varied issues are probed with ISBN: 81-85218-70-6 Rs. 400
unusual depth and perspicacity, partly be-
cause while some of the contributors are rec- States of Imagination: Nationalism
ognized experts in the field, others are excit- and Multiculturalism in Australian
ing new talents testing their strengths in the and Southern Asian Literature
field of international scholarship. John McLaren
ISBN: 81-7551-176-1 Rs. 900 The nation states of Asia and the South Pa-
cific that were formerly ruled by Britain or
Multiculturalism in the United States have in common their colo-
Australian Literature nial past and the civil institutions inherited
R.K. Dhawan, ed. from it, the widespread use of the English
Australian society, like American and Cana- language and the problem of building new
dian, is characterized by multiculturalism. nations amid cultural, ethnic, religious and
Contemporary Australian literature is quite linguistic diversity. This study examines the
representative of this quality. The volume ways writers in English have dealt with these
contains indepth studies of various literary problems in India, Pakistan, Malayasia, Sin-
works written by Asian-Australian writers gapore, Philippines and Australia.
and other works written by white Australians ISBN: 81-7551-120-6 Rs. 500
who are truly multicultural.
ISBN: 81-7551-159-1 Rs. 400 New Directions in Australian Studies
Cynthia Driesen and Adrian Mitchell
Austral-Asian Encounters: This collection of papers refracts new trends
From Literature and Women’s in Australian studies over a range of disci-
Studies to Politics and Tourism plines—literature, cultural theory, education,
women’s studies, children’s studies. Focus-
Cynthia Driesen & Satendra Nandan, ed.
sing on the innovative and the creative, these
This collection of papers signals the emer-
papers articulate perceptive insights from
gence of innovative developments in Austra-
several eminent Australian academics and
lian Studies. In the area of cultural theory
also record the burgeoning interest of Asian
some of the brightest talents from Australia,
scholars in Australian culture.
New Zealand and India theorize the fresh in-
sights emerging through exploration of the ISBN: 81-7551-084-6 Rs. 700
commonalties of the shared colonial and
postcolonial experience of these regions. The
Australian Poetry and Fiction
addition of perspectives from New Zealand to R.K. Dhawan, ed.
In the recent years, a number of Australian
this Second-World/Third-World dialogue is
writers have received international recogni-
another of the highlights of this volume.
tion: Patrick White, Peter Carey, A.D. Hope,
While on the literary scene new figures move
Les Murray, Judith Wright, David Malouf
into focus, fresh developments in other disci-
and Elizabeth Jolley. Also, Australian women
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writers have produced sufficient work to cal studies on prominent writers like Achebe,
merit worldwide attention. The volume, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi, Alex La Guma, J.P.
comprising critical responses, amply testifies Clark, Alan Paton, Cyprian Ekwensi, Gabriel
to the view that present-day Australian writ- Okara, Camara Laye, Flora Nwapa, Nadine
ing has acquired a breadth and diversity that Gordimer, Doris Lessing and Bessie Head.
it did not possess before. ISBN: 81-85218-83-8 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-7551-032-3 Rs. 300
Indian Response to African Writing
Australian Literature and Indian Lit- A. Ramakrishna Rao, C.R.V. Rao, ed.
erature: Studies in Mutual Response The articles included in this volume cover
David Kerr and R.K. Dhawan, ed. various aspects of African writing—cultural,
While the first section has scholarly papers generic and theoretical. Evaluations of
by eminent Indian academics on contempo- Achebe, Soyinka, Ngugi and other major Af-
rary Australian literature, the second section rican writers bring to central focus the Indian
has scholarly papers by Australian academics reader’s interaction with the African texts.
on Indian English literature. The book con- ISBN: 81-85218-71-4 Rs. 300
tains illuminating studies on Patrick White,
A.D. Hope, Judith Wright, Les Murray, Sal- Ngugi’s The Trial of Dedan Kimathy:
man Rushdie, Anita Desai, R.K. Narayan, A Reader’s Companion
Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Nandita Sinha, ed.
The Trial of Dedan Kimathy is an important
Upamanyu Chatterjee and Nissim Ezekiel.
African protest play. It is based on historical
ISBN: 81-85218-24-2 Rs. 400
facts and depicts how Kenya won its inde-
A.D. Hope: Questions of Poetic Strength pendence through the sacrifices of heroes like
Dedan Kimathy. The present book offers a
Walter Tonetto
comprehensive study of the play, covering
The book makes a detailed discussion of the
thematic and technical aspects.
poetic quality of major works of A.D. Hope,
a leading Australian poet. The study places ISBN: 81-7851-013-8 Rs. 400
Hope as a precursor of a genius that has im-
bibed its possibilities from the spirit of land
African Poetry and Drama
and people. Shyam S. Agarwalla, ed.
The volume represents first the poets, sec-
ISBN: 81-85218-74-9 Rs. 400
ondly the playwrights, and thirdly all regions
New Zealand Literature of Africa and the diaspora. Particular empha-
sis is placed on Nigerian gender poetry,
New Zealand Literature Today Yoruba Theatre, Eastern African Traditional-
R.K Dhawan and Walter Tonetto, ed. ism, African-American movement and Afri-
The book is a pioneering attempt to foster can-Canadian writing.
reader’s interest in New Zealand literature ISBN: 81-7551-070-6 Rs. 400
and to highlight its significance as a major
component of World literature. It has exhaus- African Fiction
tive critical studies on Katherine Mansfield, Shyam S. Agarwalla, ed.
Frank Sargeson, Maurice Gee, Janet Frame All African writing is at once a literary piece,
and Keri Hulme. a social protest and medium of political re-
ISBN: 81-85218-69-2 Rs. 400 assertion. All the contributors to the volume
African Literature share the same objective while examining the
works of writers like Achebe, Ngugi, Ayi
African Literature Today Kwei Armah, Ben Okri and Gabriel Okara.
R.K. Dhawan, ed. The book also highlights the fast-growing
The book gives a panoramic look at the con- women’s writing and discusses work of
temporary African literature. It includes gen- women writers like Nadine Gordimer, Buchi
eral discussions on African writing and criti- Emecheta, Mariama Ba and Ama Ata Aidoo.
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ISBN: 81-7551-071-4 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-7551-050-1 Rs. 400

Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story: South Asian Responses to
A Critical Study Chinua Achebe
Nandita Sinha B. Lindfors & B. Kothandaraman, ed.
Gordimer, the Nobel Laureate, has written The book is an anthology of critical studies
the famous novel My Son’s Story which of- on the novels of Chinua Achebe. It provides a
fers a graphic picture of anti-apartheid strug- critical survey of Achebe’s fiction, especially
gle in South Africa. The book offers a de- his social obligations as a writer.
tailed analysis of the novel and opens up rich ISBN: 81-85218-66-8 Rs. 400
insights into Gordimer’s mind and art.
ISBN: 81-7851-018-9 Rs. 400 The Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah
K. Damodar Rao
The Novels of Wole Soyinka Armah is an articulate spokesman of African
M. Rajeshwar history and identity. In his fiction, there is a
Wole Soyinka is the only African writer to true fusion of individual and communal wel-
have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His fare, national realities and pan-African ideal,
fictional, dramatic and poetical works are contemporary situation and historical vision.
representative of African reality and sensibil- All his major works, including The Beautyful
ity today. The book is a perceptive study of Ones Are Not Yet Born, Fragments, Why Are
Soyinka’s fictional heroes in their role as We So Blest, and The Healers, are compre-
leaders of the struggle against colonial and hensively discussed.
neo-colonial forces. ISBN: 81-85218-75-7 Rs. 300
ISBN: 81-85218-21-8 Rs. 200
English Literature
The Plays of Wole Soyinka: Shifting Paradigms:
A Socio-Psychological Study Essays on Literature and Theory
M. Pushpa A. Raghu
Wole Soyinka, the black African writer, won The volume stands out for its astonishing
the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. The thematic range—from Advaita to postmod-
book makes a socio-psychological study of ernism, from Philip Sidney to Nissim Eze-
his protagonists who are caught in the web of kiel, from pornography to nation theory, from
conflict between will and tradition. This is Manonmaniya Sundaram Pillai to George
evident in his plays like The Road, Death and Bernard Shaw, from Indian Writing in Eng-
the King’s Horseman, Kongi’s Harvest, The lish to Australian literature, from the life of
Swamp Dwellers and The Lion and the Jewel. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar to the love of W.B.
ISBN: 81-7551-051-X Rs. 400 Yeats for Maud Gonne.
ISBN: 81-7551-175-3 Rs. 400
Chinua Achebe: A Study of His Novels
S.A. Khayyoom
Post-War English Novel:
Chinua Achebe, the doyen of African writing,
is the major exponent of modern African A Study in Humanism
novel. Beginning with the advent of the Rudra Prasad Mahto
European power, his novels span a series of The novel today stands around a humanistic
political crises that beset Nigeria, the collapse concept of the world. The present book deals
of the native power structures in Things Fall with the fiction of William Golding, John
Apart, total subjugation of the natives and the Wain, Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing and An-
establishment of colonial power in Arrow of gus Wilson who share an anxiety about man
God, transfer of power to the native elite in and his position in the world.
No Longer at Ease, fall of the first Republic ISBN: 81-7551-112-5 Rs. 400
in A Man of the People and the failure of the
military regime in Anthills of the Savannah.
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The Jew in Literature American novelist Hemingway. The novels

Sanjeev Kumar examined are Huxley’s Those Barren Leaves,
The book makes a comparative study of the Eyeless in Gaza and Island, and Heming-
treatment of the Jew in Shakespeare’s Mer- way’s A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the
chant of Venice and Arnold Wesker’s The Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea.
Merchant. It enhances our awareness of ra- ISBN: 81-7551-002-1 Rs. 300
cial literature that defends marginalized sec-
tions of society. The Novels of Evelyn Waugh
ISBN: 81-7551-164-8 Rs. 400 A. Clement
Waugh is one of the prominent men of letters
English Language and of the twentieth century. The book is a warm
Literature Teaching and perceptive analysis of his major novels in
Wadgaonkar, Sawant, Gandhi, ed. terms of the quest motif. It devotes a chapter
The book focuses attention on some signifi- each to Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Black
cant aspects of language & literature teaching Mischief, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Re-
such as grammar, phonology, teaching tech- visited, Helena, Men at Arms, Officers &
niques, stylistics and approaches to literature. Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender.
It critically examines the role of language in ISBN: 81-85218-89-7 Rs. 400
evaluating and appreciating literature. The Ivy Compton-Burnett and
book covers a wide range of subjects from English Domestic Novel
the grammatical items to classroom-tested T. Asoka Rani
principles and methods of teaching. Ivy Compton-Burnett, a significant twentieth
ISBN: 81-7551-069-2 Rs. 400 century novelist, follows the tradition of Do-
mestic Novel in England. The book traces the
Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook: development of this form of fiction from the
A Critical Study eighteenth century in a chronological order,
Tapan K. Ghosh evaluating the contributions of the major fig-
Feminism is the most significant cultural and ures in the field. It gives in-depth analyses of
literary movement today. Lessing’s The all the twenty novels of Ivy Compton-
Golden Notebook is a major literary work Burnett, focussing attention on their features
that has contributed immensely to the area of in common with the standard masterpieces as
feminism, highlighting women’s identity. well as on the points of deviation.
The book offers a detailed commentary on ISBN: 81-85218-60-9 Rs. 400
the text.
ISBN: 81-7551-174-5 Rs. 500 The Novels of Joseph Conrad
V.T. Girdhari
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Joseph Conrad is considered, by common
A Reader’s Companion consent, one of the most significant novelists
Santwana Haldar of the world. Various interpretations of his
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, now work have been offered by scholars, leading
considered a novel of ideas, has made a great to stimulating discussions. The book presents
contribution to the women’s writings. The Conrad, not as a pessimist or a nihilist, but as
present book offers a serious study on the a positive philosopher having infinite faith in
theme, technique and narrative of the novel, human existence.
highlighting its significance as a classic. ISBN: 81-7551-043-9 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-7851-012-X Rs. 400 Joseph Conrad’s Fiction
The Novels of Huxley and Hemingway Suman Bala
Sanjukta Dasgupta The book makes an exhaustive study of exis-
The book makes a comparative study of the tential humanism in the novels of Joseph
works of the British novelist Huxley and the Conrad in the light of modern existential
theories propounded by Camus and Sartre.
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Such an approach makes the reading of Con- The Novels of Graham Greene
rad’s novels more rewarding and brings out P.N. Pandit
the full scope of Conrad’s art and meaning, The book makes an extensive study of the
not sufficiently apprehended hitherto. impact of childhood on adult life, a recurrent
ISBN: 81-7076-029-1 Rs. 400 theme in the fiction of Graham Greene. In-
deed a host of characters emanate from
Kipling’s Vision Greene’s childhood traumas and memories
Sukeshi Kamra anti-heroes with dual personalities obsessed
Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Laureate, is a with a sense of failure and sexual guilt.
significant figure in the history of the English ISBN: 81-85218-17-X Rs. 400
novel. The book shows that in analysing and
presenting the moral and spiritual abyss Thomas Hardy’s Novels:
within man, Kipling was attempting to do A Feminist Perspective
something rather new with fiction, hundred Isam M. Shihada
years ago. The book presents Kipling, popu- The book aims at studying the feminist as-
larly regarded as a prophet and a seer, as an pects of Thomas Hardy’s major novels. A
existential humanist. close analysis of his novels like Far from the
ISBN: 81-85218-04-8 Rs. 200 Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native,
Fictional Theories and The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the
Three English Novels D'Urbervilles reveals that Hardy may be con-
Asha Kanwar sidered a liberal humanist and a true precur-
The book deals with the fictional theories of sor of the modern feminist movement.
two English critics, Arnold Kettle and Ray- ISBN: 81-7551-095-1 Rs. 300
mond Williams and the application of these
theories to the three great English novels, Thomas Hardy:
namely, Wuthering Heights, Middlemarch A Collection of Critical Essays
and Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Subhash Chandra, ed.
ISBN: 81-85218-23-4 Rs. 400 This anthology offers a multipolar view of
Hardy as a novelist, poet and dramatist. A sa-
The Novels of Virginia Woolf lient feature of the book is the in-depth stud-
B. Sudipta ies of Hardy’s major novels—Far from the
This study makes an assessment of the novels Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure, The Re-
of Virginia Woolf, including Mrs. Dalloway turn of the Native, Tess of the d’Urbervilles,
and To the Lighthouse. It investigates into a The Mayor of Casterbridge.
new area of ‘group-consciousness’ through ISBN: 81-7551-037-4 Rs. 400
which the novelist offers a unique vision of
the world. The English Drama
ISBN: 81-85218-14-5 Rs. 400 K.S. Iyer, ed.
The English drama has a rich and long tradi-
Graham Greene: Language and Style tion spanning the period from the Elizabethan
K. Durga Bhavani to the most modern. The volume includes ar-
The book demonstrates and describes the ticles on outstanding figures in theatre—
ways in which linguistic techniques can be Marlowe, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Sheri-
applied to a literary text. A practical analysis dan, Congreve, Shaw, Galsworthy, Beckett,
of Greene’s style with reference to his three Pinter, Osborne, Eliot, Robert Bolt.
novels, namely The Power and the Glory, ISBN: 81-7551-080-3 Rs. 400
The Heart of the Matter and Doctor Fischer
of Geneva, leads to a deeper perception of the Shakespeare in the Twentieth Century
novelist’s modes of literary expression. N.M. Aston, ed.
ISBN: 81-7551-066-8 Rs. 300 The volume brings together a series of schol-
arly papers on William Shakespeare who is
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regarded the greatest dramatist of the world. lated to his comedies with a view to showing
A special feature of the book is perceptive that Jonson is essentially a dramatic artist.
analyses of Indian responses to Shakespeare, ISBN: 81-85218-86-2 Rs. 400
assessing his position in the 21st century.
ISBN: 81-7551-034-X Rs. 300 Romantic Drama and Charles Lamb
M.N. Chatterjee
Shakespeare: New Dimensions The book seeks a re-appraisal of the English
K. Dwarakanath Romantic period in the context of drama. It
The book explores the multiple possibilities focusses on Charles Lamb who etched his
for the study of Shakespeare. It approaches name as a critic of Shakespearean Tragedy
Shakespeare’s plays from both literary and and Restoration Comedy.
linguistic point of view. The study focuses on ISBN: 81-7551-049-8 Rs. 300
the four soul-stirring tragedies, namely Ham-
let, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth. G.B. Shaw: A Critical Response
ISBN: 81-7551-072-2 Rs. 500 Sudhakar Pandey & Freya Barua, ed.
The book comprises scholarly wide-ranging,
Harold Pinter critical papers on Shaw’s plays, esp. Major
Pradip Lahiri Barbara, Man and Superman, Saint Joan and
In the plays of Harold Pinter, the amazing po- Arms and the Man.
tentiality of the verbal-visual projection has ISBN: 81-85218-36-6 Rs. 300
been very effectively demonstrated. The book George Bernard Shaw
examines how Pinterian absurdistic drama Vinod Bala Sharma
works on us through its dialogue design, The book evaluates Shaw’s prefaces and
showing the playwright’s deeper insight into plays as works of literature. These reveal
his characters. Shaw as an artist-philosopher and a prophet-
ISBN: 81-7551-012-9 Rs. 300 biologist.
ISBN: 81-85218-20-X Rs. 300
Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist:
A Reader’s Companion Samuel Beckett
Santwana Haldar Nishi Chawla
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by the No- Samuel Beckett, best known for his play
bel Laureate writer Dario Fo, is a modern Waiting for Godot, is one of the foremost
classic play. A satire on police in Italy, it writers of the twentieth century. Nishi
makes a significant contribution to theatre Chawla explores in her study Beckett’s ines-
and drama. The book offers a detailed com- capable involvement with the fundamental is-
mentary and critical evaluation of the play. sues of existence and of identity.
ISBN: 81-7851-014-6 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-7551-063-3 Rs. 400
Goldsmith and Sentimental Comedy Romanticism: A Reconsideration

B.S. Pathania N.M. Aston, ed.
The book makes a close and systematic ex- Romanticism heralded a new era of golden
amination of Goldsmith’s comedies in the age for mankind. Wordsworth, Coleridge,
context of sentimental comedy which was a Keats, Shelley, Lamb and Hazlitt are the true
popular form of drama in the eighteenth cen- representatives of the romantic movement.
tury. This book is a study of the unsentimen- The volume makes a fresh evaluation of ‘ro-
talism of Goldsmith as a playwright. manticism’ as a concept and its application to
ISBN: 81-85218-00-5 Rs. 400 significant works of the romantic era.
ISBN: 81-7551-068-4 Rs. 400
Ben Jonson: His Dramatic Art
K. Venkata Reddy Robert Browning: Character and
The book makes a close and objective study
Motive in The Ring and the Book
of Jonson’s dramatic theory and practice re-
P. Hannah Padma
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Robert Browning is the most significant poet ideology and philosophical views to the pre-
of the Victorian era. His magnum opus The sent-day world, especially India.
Ring and the Book is based on a Roman mur- ISBN: 81-7551-093-5 Rs. 200
der case. Choosing monologue and blank
verse as his medium, Browning takes care Milton and the Indian Epic Tradition
that each version of the talk has an authentic- M.V. Rama Sarma
ity in tune with the motives of the speaker. The book is an attempt to place Paradise Lost
ISBN: 81-7551-023-4 Rs. 200 in the epic tradition of Ramayana and the
Mahabharata.
Robert Browning: The Later Poetry ISBN: 81-85218-11-0 Rs. 300
Nandita Sinha
The period following The Ring and the Book Travel, Autobiography and
has been ignored by critics on the assumption D.H. Lawrence
that Browning’s best work had been com- A.B. Apana
pleted by then. The astonishing range and The book examines the nature of travel writ-
versatility of the later poems are a refutation ing of the Twenties and Thirties and focuses
of this view and the book establishes the im- on D.H. Lawrence. In the first four chapters,
portance of the mature phase in assessment of the book examines the nature of travel writ-
Browning’s artistic development. ing, the nature of the traveller, the uniquely
ISBN: 81-85218-72-2 Rs. 300 idiosyncratic style of travel writing, and fi-
W.B. Yeats nally brings together these various elements
Rajeshwari Patel in a chapter on autobiography. The book is a
W.B. Yeats occupies a central place in mod- novel approach to the study of Lawrence.
ern literature—so central that one cannot un- ISBN: 81-7551-053-6 Rs. 400
derstand the age without a proper apprecia-
tion of his work. American Literature
ISBN: 81-85218-13-7 Rs. 400
Ethnic Literatures of America
W.H. Auden: Somdatta Mandal and Himadri Lahiri, ed.
The stupendous volume is devoted to dias-
The Commissar and the Yogi
poric writing in America and intercultural is-
M.K. Raju
sues in contemporary ethnic literatures of the
Auden’s poetic career spanning four signifi-
States. The essays deal with wide range of
cant decades was virtually synonymous with
themes—Theoretical Paradigms, Indian
progress of poesy in English. Igniting the po-
American, Chinese American, African
etic revolution at Oxford, he fueled and sus-
American Voices and Intercultural Studies.
tained it by sheer force of his genius. If the
ISBN: 81-7551-163-X Rs. 600
English Auden drew upon psychological
theories and Marxian dialectics for his poetic
Afro-American Literature
ideas, the American Auden structured his
R.K. Dhawan, ed.
long poems on existential ethics. The book
Afro-American writing is essentially a human
makes an in-depth study of this paradox in
and social document which deals with the
his art as in his personality.
experience of Americans of African ancestry.
ISBN: 81-85218-25-0 Rs. 400
A section of the book is devoted to Toni
Morrison, the Nobel Prize winner, and has a
Milton Today
chapter each on The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of
M.V. Rama Sarma
Solomon, Tar Baby, Beloved and Jazz. Other
The study deals with Milton’s justification of
writers discussed include the novelists Zora
God’s ways to men as expressed in his three
Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor,
major poems Paradise Lost, Samson Ago-
Ralph Ellison, Alex Haley, and the dramatists
nistes and Paradise Regained. The last chap-
Alice Childress, Marsha Norman, Ntozake
ter shows the relevance of Milton’s political
Shange and Lorraine Hansberry.
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ISBN: 81-7551-110-9 Rs. 400 in three volumes tries to break new ground by
emphasizing upon the Asian American ex-
New Directions in American Literature perience in all possible genres—interviews,
K.S. Iyer, ed. creative writing, criticism, mass media. Writ-
This collection of articles is divided into four ers of Indian diaspora—Bharati Mukherjee,
parts: general, poetry, novel and drama. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Meena Alexan-
While the introductory section provides a der and Jhumpa Lahiri are widely discussed.
general introduction to American literature ISBN: 81-7551-096-X Rs. 1200
today, subsequent sections include explora-
tory papers on Robert Frost, Emily Dickin- American Literature Today
son, Sylvia Plath, Melville, Hemingway, Ed- Suman Bala, ed.
gar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Toni Mor- The writings of Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard,
rison, Gloria Naylor and Edward Albee. Saul Bellow, J.D. Salinger, Ernest Heming-
ISBN: 81-7551-130-3 Rs. 400 way, Norman Mailer, Sylvia Plath, Kate
Chopin, Toni Morrison and some others are
Indian Views on American Literature recognized throughout the world as master-
A.A. Mutalik-Desai, ed. pieces of world literature. The book, a collec-
The book presents critical response of Indian tion of 26 essays, attempts to review and
scholars to the contemporary American lit- evaluate contemporary American literature.
erature. With a diversity of themes and ap- ISBN: 81-7076-067-1 Rs. 400
proaches, the essays in this anthology exhibit Indian Perspectives on the U.S.:
the scholars’s awareness and perceptions of Literature and Foreign Affairs
all the cross-currents in the Anglo-American P.M. Kamath, A.A. Mutalik-Desai, ed.
world of academia, literary studies and the The essays deal with American literary fig-
latest Theory Wars. The essays pay a discern- ures: Willa Cather, Ellen Glasgow, Flannery
ing attention to American poetry, fiction and O’Connor, Toni Morrison, Ann Petry, Ayn
drama with special consideration of Afro- Rand, Norman Mailer, J.D. Salinger, Jo-Anne
American writers. Akalaitis and Rechel Rosenthal.
ISBN: 81-7551-054-4 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-85218-76-5 Rs. 400
Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. American Literature and
Anil Raina, Manju Jaidka, et al, ed.
The authors discussed include Toni Morrison, Indian English Literature:
Richard Wright, Rudolfo Anaya, Bernard Studies in Cultural Contiguity
Malamud, Amy Tan, D’Arcy McNickle, A.M Geevarghese, Varghese John, ed.
Alexei Sherman, Maxine Hong Kingston, The volume brings together articles on two
Claude Mckay. The anthology has essays on areas of literature generally perceived as
Afro-American, Native American, and Asian separate identities. The essays cover perspec-
American literature. tives on American Literature and Indian Lit-
ISBN: 81-7551-124-9 Rs. 500 erature, and often lead to scholarly discourses
on poetry and poetics, fiction, women’s stud-
Asian American Writing (3 vols.) ies, drama and dramaturgy.
Somdatta Mandal, ed. ISBN: 81-7551-065-X Rs. 400
Asian American literature reflects the Asian
experience in the United States—right from American Studies in India
the beginning of Chinese immigration in the P.M. Kamath, ed.
mid-nineteenth century to the present. As The importance of American Studies is in-
both social document and mirror of memory, creasingly being realized and it is growing
myth, dreams and desires, Asian American into a major area of study and research.
literature provides unique access to under- American Studies is essentially a multi-
standing the social history and sensibilities of disciplinary program built on subjects drawn
this emerging minority group. This anthology
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from Humanities and Social Sciences. The ISBN: 81-7551-014-5 Rs. 400
volume is a collection of fourteen essays by
Americanists in the field of literature, history, Edward Albee:
politics and foreign affairs. Towards a Typology of Relations
ISBN: 81-85218-84-6 Rs. 400 Rana Nayar
The book offers new insights into conceptual
American Literature and Culture understanding of a subject as complex as re-
Laxmi Parasuram, ed. lationships in human life. The author ex-
The book represents a wide spectrum of criti- plores the psycho-dynamics of human rela-
cal responses by eminent scholars to Ameri- tions as evidenced in the plays of Edward Al-
can literature and culture. The first section is bee, one of the greatest American dramatists.
devoted to critical studies on major writers ISBN: 81-7551-140-0 Rs. 500
like Ernest Hemingway, Salinger, Norman
The Plays of Lillian Hellman
Mailer, Pearl Buck, Sam Shepard and Arthur
Tenneti Nagamani
Miller. The second section covers subjects The plays of Lillian Hellman have been ap-
like multiculturalism, Americanism, films, proached mostly from the social, political and
crime fiction and the woman question as psychological angles. The book, divided into
handled by Toni Morrison and Maria Forbes. ten chapters, seeks to examine her plays from
ISBN: 81-85218-94-3 Rs. 400 a moral point of view since Hellman writes
Contemporary American Drama with a sense of righteous indignation and
Abha Singh what is more, interprets both action and fail-
The twentieth century American drama has ure in terms of good and evil.
registered a phenomenal growth. The funda- ISBN: 81-7551-102-8 Rs. 400
mental contention of the book is that Tennes-
see Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Al- Jewish American Writers &
bee map the contours of the contemporary Intellectual Life in America
American consciousness. D. Venkateswarlu
ISBN: 81-7551-045-5 Rs. 400 The first part contains a series of interviews
with prominent Jewish writers; the second
American Drama part is devoted to a detailed discussion of the
D. Venkateswarlu
twentieth century literary criticism and some
The book establishes a perspective on some
specific texts. There are the author’s lively
major themes in Jewish American drama and
Jewish literature itself. It tries to systematize interviews with Saul Bellow, Noam Chom-
the audience’s response to the dialectics of sky, Norman Podhoretz, Wayne C. Booth,
prejudice, the problem of Americanization, David Perkins, Richard Stern, Elie Wiesel,
the Holocaust and the other related themes. Marshal Sklare and others.
ISBN: 81-85218-19-6 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-85218-67-6 Rs. 400
Perspectives on The Plays and Novels of

Post-War American Drama Thronton Wilder
D. Venkateswarlu et al Vrinda Mathur
The book focuses on some of the exciting The book critically examines the various
moments of Post-War American Drama duly themes and techniques employed by Thorn-
recognising the contribution of playwrights ton Wilder in his plays and novels, and inter-
such as O’Neill, Neil Simon, Arthur Miller, prets them in relation to their thought, style
Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, among and structure.
many others. Inevitably, ethnic theatre, femi- ISBN: 81-85218-59-5 Rs. 250
nist drama, avant-garde theatre ambience of
the sixties and the culture of theatre criticism Nathaniel Hawthorne
also occupy the attention of the book. A Study in the Theme of Morality
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Rosy Misra tion for her novel Beloved. The present book
The book offers a comprehensive analysis of makes a detailed study of Toni Morrison as a
moral concerns of Hawthorne, one of the novelist with a focus on her novel Beloved.
greatest novelists of America. Also, it makes ISBN: 81-7851-006-5 Rs. 500
a thorough examination of Hawthorne’s alle-
gorical and symbolic techniques offering new Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
insights and interpretations. A Reader’s Companion
ISBN: 81-7551-141-9 Rs. 300 Nandita Sinha, ed.
The book offers a detailed study of Alice
walker as a novelist, focusing on her novel
The Fiction of Carson McCullers:
The Color Purple. The first section intro-
Quest for Love duces Alice Walker, with an exhaustive
Pratibha Nagpal commentary on the novel The Color Purple.
Carson McCullers is a major American nov- ISBN: 81-7551-007-3 Rs. 500
elist who in her fiction probes the issues of
loneliness and quest for love. She empha- Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s
sized on the importance of human values and Chronicle of a Death Foretold
humanistic philosophy. Santwana Haldar
ISBN: 81-7551-142-7 Rs. 400 It discusses Marquez’s contribution to Latin
Feminist Consciousness in American literature & offers a detailed analy-
Toni Morrison’s Fiction sis of his unique mystery novel Chronicle of
Sandip Pathak a Death Foretold. The work is a social satire
Toni Morrison is one of the foremost 20th on contemporary Latin American society.
century African-American women novelists. ISBN: 81-7851-009-X Rs. 400
In 1993, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for
her outstanding contribution to literature. She William Faulkner: A Centennial Tribute
is best known for discussing in her fiction the Somdatta Mandal, ed.
issues of gender, class and race. The book William Faulkner’s novels The Sound and the
highlights the theme of feminist conscious- Fury, Absalom, Absalom! and As I Lay Dying
ness in all her novels. are regarded the modern classics. The wide-
ranging anthology offers a critical appraisal
ISBN: 81-7551-172-9 Rs. 400
of Faulkner as a novelist on the 100th anni-
The Novels of Toni Morrison: versary of his birth by international scholars.
ISBN: 81-7551-056-0 Rs. 500
A Study in Race, Gender & Class
K. Sumana
F. Scott Fitzgerald:
The book, the first of its kind by an Asian
scholar, makes an in-depth study of the inter- Centenary Essays from India
relationship of race, gender and class in her Mohan Ramanan
novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solo- The volume comprises papers presented at an
mon, Tar Baby, Beloved and Jazz. It reveals All-India seminar on Scott Fitzgerald, held in
that Morrison is essentially a fictional artist Hyderabad. Several of Fitzgerald’s novels are
combining political consciousness with aes- discussed and the insights gained from the
thetic sensibility. growing critical theories have been put to
ISBN: 81-7551-048-X Rs. 400 good use in the analyses of Fitzgerald’s
works in these articles.
Toni Morrison’s Beloved: ISBN: 81-7551-041-2 Rs. 400
A Reader’s Companion
Ayesha Irfan, ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald:
Toni Morrison is one of the foremost con- A Centennial Tribute (in 2 vols.)
temporary African-American women novel- Somdatta Mandal, ed.
ists. In 1988, she won Pulitzer Prize for Fic- Fitzgerald is one of the most colourful, sig-
nificant and cherished talents that brought
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American literature to world prominence. Subhash Chandra

This wide-ranging anthology presents Fitz- Salinger, a major post-Second World War
gerald as the literary giant of the Roaring American novelist, exercised deep and wide-
Twenties whose works ushered in and chris- ranging influence on the American society.
tened the Jazz Age. The contributors to the The book examines his fiction with a view to
volume comprise an august group of Fitzger- ascertaining the concept of man in its totality
ald scholars of international repute. as it emerges from the corpus of his writings.
ISBN: 81-7551-039-0 Rs. 600 per set ISBN: 81-7551-082-X Rs. 400
The Novels of John Gardner The Novels of William Styron

T. Bharathi S. Laxmana Murthy
John Gardner is America’s most important The book presents a perceptive study of Sty-
spokesperson of moral and cultural values in ron’s concern with the tragic fact of human
literature. He takes up the cause of traditional existence as a constant endeavour to affirm
values and wages a battle against man’s ten- love and compassion despite the nihilistic ter-
dency to shirk personal and moral responsi- ror caused by ubiquitous violence in modern
bility. The book studies the prominent theme world. It has chapters on Lie Down in Dark-
of affirmation which recurs in his novels. ness, The Long March, Set This House on
ISBN: 81-7551-118-4 Rs. 400 Fire and The Confessions of Nat Turner.
The Novels of William S. Burroughs ISBN: 81-85218-03-X Rs. 400
Ranjeet Singh Gill
The works of Burroughs span both the mod- Sylvia Plath: The Complete Poet
ernist as well as the postmodernist phase of Keya Majumdar
the American novel. In his treatment of form The book presents an honest appraisal of the
and technique, especially the depiction of whirlpool of Plath’s powerful poetry from the
character, plot, theme and imagery, biographic, thematic, stylistic & spiritual per-
Burroughs defines himself as a hardcore spectives. The book will be of immense use
practitioner of unorthodox techniques. The to feminists & lovers of American literature.
book takes up for discussion all his major ISBN: 81-7551-122-2 Rs. 500
novels. The Poetry of Theodore Roethke
ISBN: 81-7551-149-4 Rs. 400
P. Hannah Padma
American Women Novelists Theodore Roethke is one of the most signifi-
Rajyashree Khushu-Lahiri cant American poets. The book reveals that in
The book is a study of the male protagonist Roethke’s poetry, there is a fusion of psycho-
and the man-woman relationship in the se- logical strength, intellectual depth, complex-
lected novels of Edith Wharton, Ellen Glas- ity and stylistic originality.
gow and Willa Cather from the feminist per- ISBN: 81-7551- 016-1 Rs. 250
spective.
Critical Theory/Translation
ISBN: 81-7551-092-7 Rs. 400
Literary Theory Today
The Novels of Bernard Malamud Pramod Nayar
M. Rajagopalachari Theory is perhaps the most important area of
The book presents a perceptive study of Ma- study in the academic curriculum today. Both
lamud’s novels considered in terms of the students and teachers are bewildered by the
theme of compassion which is of central con- plethora of theories and baffling criticism
cern in Jewish literature. With a chapter ex- constantly pouring in. The book gives a com-
clusively on his short stories, it provides an prehensive introduction to this fast-growing
integrated view of the novelist’s entire work. discipline of Literary and Cultural Theory. It
ISBN: 81-85218-02-1 Rs. 400 elaborates concepts & explains the arguments
The Fiction of J.D. Salinger of principal thinkers and specific schools.
ISBN: 81-7851-005-7 Rs. 500
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The East and the West meet at many points,

Marxism and Literary Value especially in the field of literary criticism.
Anil Raina The book is a psychological as well as phi-
Literary Theory is perhaps the most debated losophic study of the similarity between the
subject in academic circles today. The theo- aesthetic principles of I.A. Richards and Ab-
rists discussed include Karl Marx, Georg hinavagupta. By establishing a close relation-
Lukács, Lucien Goldmann, T.W. Adorno, ship between Western and Eastern poetics,
Herbert Marcuse, Louis Althusser, Pierre the book makes a rich contribution to the dis-
Macherey, Terry Eagleton and Mikhail Bak- ciplines of Comparative literature, Indologi-
htin. cal studies and literary criticism.
ISBN: 81-7551-121-4 Rs. 400 ISBN: 81-7551-36-6 Rs. 300
Literature and Culture Literary Theory and F.R. Leavis

Sachidanand Mohanty M. Sridhar
The book brings together a set of essays on
This book places the contribution of F.R.
literature, culture and literary conversations
Leavis, one of the most controversial and in-
that have appeared in some of the leading fo-
fluential critics of this century, in the context
rums in the country. Straddling many worlds
—from Cairo to Cambridge, from Sandra of the rise of English studies as a University
Gilbert to Sri Aurobindo—the perspectives discipline in England and subsequent devel-
aim at the creation of a cultured community. opments in criticism and theory.
ISBN: 81-7551-113-3 Rs. 500 ISBN: 81-7551-058-7 Rs. 300
Postcolonial Discourse: Trends in the Twentieth Century
A Study of Contemporary Literature Literary Criticism
R.K. Dhawan, ed. N.M. Aston, ed.
As a critical ideology, postcolonialism has The volume brings together a series of schol-
acquired various interpretations. Postcolonial arly papers on trends in the twentieth century
literature generally deals with the literature of literary criticism. Various issues have been
those countries once ruled or colonized by considered in depth by these theories viz. the
the British. The book offers a hot and stimu- functions of criticism, deconstruction, struc-
lating debate on the term postcolonial and turalism, the female identity, feminist criti-
discusses how passionately Indian English, cism and multiculturalism.
African and Caribbean literatures have re- ISBN: 81-7551-056-0 Rs. 300
sponded to colonialism & post-Independence.
ISBN: 81-7551-033-1 Rs. 300
Surviving Postmodernism
Ron Shapiro
Literary Theory and the New Critics This book is concerned with some of the dif-
N.D.R. Chandra ficulties posed by postmodernism. It argues
The book examines the nature of the tradi- that there have been both gains and losses in
tional criticism vis-a-vis modern criticism. the widespread acceptance of postmodernist
The new in America is represented by J.C. ideas within universities and Western society.
Ransom, Cleanth Brooks, W.K. Wimsatt, Al- ISBN: 81-7551-042-0 Rs. 400
len Tate and R.P. Blackmur who were highly
influenced by critics like T.E. Hulme, Ezra Studies in Translation:
Pound, T.S. Eliot and I.A. Richards. The Theory & Practice
book enumerates the different faces of the T.Vinoda & V. Gopal Reddy, ed.
new criticism of the new critics in general Translation has a significant role to play in a
and Cleanth Brooks in particular. multilingual and multicultural country like
ISBN: 81-7551-076-5 Rs. 400 India. It can help build strong bridges be-
tween regions, languages and cultures. The
Western and Eastern Poetics book stresses on the need to develop a theory
K.M. Tharakan of translation that would go a long way in en-
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suring standards of excellence and profes- interest to students of literature and religion,
sionalism in this field. and to those who seek a deeper understanding
ISBN: 81-7551-083-8 Rs. 300 of Indian society & the place of women in it.
ISBN: 81-7551-169-9 Rs. 200
Translation:
From Periphery to Centrestage Song of a Bard and Other Poems
Tutun Mukherjee, ed. Dilip Sankar Reddy
Translation of literary texts has led to both The anthology of poems, in three parts, con-
the globalization of culture and the promotion tains fascinating poems, with a wide range of
of inter and intra culture bonding. The book themes: from love to mundane realities, fic-
is divided into three sections: 1. The setting tion to facts, and the essential truths of life.
forth of the theoretical parameters of transla- ISBN: 81-7551-165-6 Rs. 200
tion studies; 2. The problematic space of
praxis, representing different language and Cracks in the Wall: A Collection of
text types; 3. Interviews with famous creative Poems with a comprehensive introduc-
writers in different genres who have done tion to Contemporary Indian Poetry
considerable translation work themselves. P.V. Dhamija
The issues discussed present a broad spec- The volume contains 36 poems by the author,
trum of theoretical, textual and contextual with a preface by the renowned poet Shiv K.
specifics in the field of translation. Kumar. A special feature of the book is the
ISBN: 81-7551-031-5 Rs. 400 introductory chapter that makes a compre-
hensive study of modern Indian poetry.
ISBN: 81-85218-06-4 Rs. 100
Biography
Cross and Creation
CP: A Short Biography of An Anthology of Poems
C.P. Ramaswami Iyer Pashupati Jha
A. Raghu The collection deals with the eternal themes
Dr. Sachivottama Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar of love, life, suffering and hope for salvation.
is one of the most controversial, yet fascinat- In addition, it incorporates the contemporary
ing figures in the history of the Kerala region. complex problems like incresing individual-
This monograph is the first-ever objective bi- ity and the resultant isolation, growing ten-
sion in man-woman relationship, fragmenta-
ography of CP. This little book not only gives
tion of society and family, the plight of old
a vivid chronicle of the public life of CP but
men and Indian women, militancy and com-
also attempts to come to grips with the inner munal violence.
man. Written in a succinct and lucid style, the ISBN: 81-7551-135-4 Rs. 150
book is remarkable as a biography as also a
piece of literary art. Girls Go Wild
ISBN: 81-7551-055-2 Rs. 100 Kiran Pallod
A fantastic maiden novel by the teenager Ki-
Creative Writing ran Pallod, a new star on the literary horizon.
Set in the USA, this is the story of Kim, an
The Songs of Daya Bai American girl from a middle-class family,
Daya Bai ki Bani who because of the attitude of the people
Harry Aveling & Peter Friedlander around her is made to believe that her parents
The poet-mystic, Daya Bai, wrote in Hindi in are going to get divorced. A must for all
Delhi during the eighteenth century. Osho youngsters who love to read, especially for
Rajneesh has called her “A little cuckoo,” girls. Tomboys for sure will love it.
meaning that she was “a sweet singer like the ISBN: 81-7551-106-0 Rs. 100
Indian koyal.” The book offers her voice in
simple English prose translation. It will be of Shattered Hopes: A novel
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Daya de Silva A Collection of Stories

An excellent novel by an eminent Sri Lankan John Cailes
writer. The protagonist Nelu, who had begun The nineteen stories in the volume are of
to build a successful academic career in Chi- varying length, each having little in common
cago, hears that her mother is in hospital after with its neighbours. The stories range from
a tragic traffic accident. As the story unfolds, the comic to the tragic to the downright cruel.
Nelu reflects on her father, a professor from There’s a ghost story, a fantasy, satire and at
Sri Lanka, who had failed to secure an ap- the end a cautionary tale to conclude this di-
pointment in an American university. In the verse collection.
concluding pages, Nelu reflects upon the ISBN: 81-7551-148-6 Rs. 250
challenges faced by contemporary career
women and the choices she herself made. Games They Play and Other Stories
ISBN: 81-7551-104-4 Rs. 250 Ramesh K. Srivastava
The stories in the volume have a great appeal
A Story of True Love: A Novel and the reader is irresistibly drawn by the
Omesh Mathur sheer force of the narrative. A special feature
An English translation of Urdu novel, Sam- of the book is the introductory chapter on
rhae Naykie (Reward of Kindness) written in contemporary Indian short story.
1928, it tells the story of a rich young Eng- ISBN: 81-85218-08-0 Rs. 100
lishman, Nevlin Lane. Family conflicts and
harassment drive him from a life of luxury Love and Lust: a novel
and material comforts to a life of poverty and P.V. Dhamija
hard labor in an Australian gold mine. By co- The novel delineates a society where people
incidence, he meets Sylvia Bond, a cultured of influence thrive at the cost of their poor &
and talented girl whose parents were at one unfortunate brethren. Woman in this society
time wealthy and well respected. The story is a victim of masculine rapacity and vio-
reveals the true love that binds the two. lence.
ISBN: 81-7551-089-7 Rs. 500 ISBN: 81-85218-05-6 Rs. 100
Beyond the Tunnel: a novel The Encounter: a novel

P.V. Dhamija P.V. Dhamija
The novel delineates two distinct levels of re- Yet another novel from the author of Love
sponse to Evil in society. The story undulates and Lust. It depicts an exciting encounter be-
through the lives and careers of two friends, tween two cultures, Indian & West European,
Jagdeesh and Ajeet, different in respect of and focuses on their sparkling interface.
age and attitude but tied together by unbreak- ISBN: 81-85218-68-4 Rs. 100
able bonds of mutual concern and affection.
ISBN: 81-7551-024-2 Rs. 120 Social Studies
The Long Walk:
Dark Passion: a novel Indian Plantation Labour in Sri
Sarala Barnabas Lanka in the Nineteenth Century
The novel presents a gripping tale of love,
Ian Driesen
passion, and dark secrets hidden for decades.
A number of scholars have undertaken de-
The central character in the novel is Piyali,
tailed studies on Indian labour in Africa,
the descendant of the former ruling house of
Mauritius, Fiji, Southeast Asia and the West
Chandravats of Divyasthala, a beautiful, tall,
Indies, but its history in Sri Lanka has never
regal girl with blue eyes. A narrative simply
been investigated. The book by Ian vanden
irresistible.
Driesen fills that gap and the mosaic is now
ISBN: 81-7551-013-7 Rs.120 complete. The study, highly stimulating and
refreshing, has a great appeal to the general
Following the Game
reader. It makes a rich contribution to the
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scholarly areas of Economic Growth, Immi- Rama is an embodiment of virtue and right-
grant Studies, Indo-Sri Lankan Relations, eousness. His attributes expound an exem-
South Asian Studies, and Inter-disciplinary plary behaviour for mankind of the succeed-
Studies. ing ages. Ramayana, a great monumental
ISBN: 81-7551-047-1 Rs. 500 work composed by Valmiki, is his life story.
The book is very useful and interesting com-
Divine Akbar and Holy India pilation of Sarma’s translation of a few mar-
Farzana Moon vellous and hitherto unearthed stories.
This is an excellent work of historical fiction. ISBN: 81-7551- Rs. 200
Akbar is the child of India, nurtured by its
God and Goddesses. A devotee of truth, wis- Higher Education
dom and knowledge, he embraced and ex- Funding Higher Education
plored the beauty of all religions in an effort Joy Job Kulavelil
to weave the tapestry of one united whole. The book discusses one of the most contro-
This saga unfolds such a tapestry in colours versial topical issues of higher education—
warm and exquisite. The theme itself was a should universities and institutions of higher
journey toward unity in time and timeless- learning conform to the traditional pattern
ness. On the path to truth, Akbar invited pa- based on support from the government or
dres and theologians from all over the world should the students fund their education.
to discover similarities in religions, not dis- Keeping in mind the contemporary para-
parities. On the path to love, he became the digms of education, the author offers a prag-
disciple of his Hindu and Muslim brides, pay- matic solution to the problem being discussed
ing homage to the sanctity in beauty, both in educational curriculum.
physical and spiritual. ISBN: 81-7551-147-8 Rs. 400
ISBN: 81-7551-088-9 Rs. 800
Growing from Within: Dictionary
A Study in Self-Actualization
N.E. Bhagyavathi
Chang-English English-Chang
An exhaustive discussion of the concept of Dictionary
Self-Actualization which is posited as a cen- Achilla Imlong Erdican
tral motivating force that impels human be- Chang is one of the most important languages
haviour and determines the course of devel- spoken and written in the state of Nagaland.
opment and expression of human personality. The dictionary makes a pioneering attempt at
ISBN: 81-85218-30-7 Rs. 300 presenting a standard spelling system and de-
finitive meanings of the words in this lan-
Religion/Indology guage. The book makes a rich contribution to
Episodes from Uttara Ramayana: language and linguistic studies in Asia.
ISBN: 81-7551-132-X Rs. 500
Stories for the Modern Man
V.V. Sarma
JUST RELEASED!
Expatriate Writing in English (3-vol. set)
T. Vinoda and Sailaja
The writers examined in the first two volumes include Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram
Seth, Vassanji, Bharati Mukherjee, Chitra Divakaruni, Rohinton Mistry, Shashi Tharoor, Anita
Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Meera Syal, Amit Chaudhury, Meena Alexander, Sunetra Gupta, Gita
Mehta, Suniti Namjoshi, Shani Mootoo, Anurag Mathur, Amulya Malladi, Vineeta
Vijayaraghavan, Anita Rau Badami, Abraham Verghese, Peter Nazareth, and a few Indo-
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Guyanese writers. In an effort to enhance the referential value of this critical offering, the edi-
tors have included in the third volume a bibliography with helpful annotations.
ISBN: 81-7551-181-8/ 182-6/ 183-4 3-vol. set Rs. 1800
Amrita Pritam: Life as Literature

Bhagyashree S. Varma
The entire gamut of Amrita Pritam’s writings, especially her autobiography Raseedi Ticket and
her classic Partition novel Pinjar, deals with woman’s role and position in Indian society. The
present volume is a literary tribute to the versatile genius whose writings truly reflect her life
and literature.
ISBN: 81-7551-185-0 Rs. 400
Rohinton’s Mistry’s Such a Long Journey: A Critical Study

Santwana Haldar
Mistry’s Such a Long Journey has been regarded as a landmark in the history of Indian fiction.
The novel overtly socio-political, vividly depicts Bombay and the Parsi world. The present vol-
ume, first of its kind, offers a critical and insightful commentary on this complex novel
ISBN: 81-7551-025-1 Rs. 500
Rushdie, Kureishi, Syal: Essays in Diaspora

Esterino Adami
The book aims at exploring the world of diasporic fiction in Britain, with a special focus on
Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi and Meera Syal. Through an interdisciplinary approach, Ad-
ami deals with a wide variety of critical issues such as the impact of ethnic communities, the re-
invention of Englishness against the backdrop of intercultural negotiations, the rise of diasporic
cinema and the literary experience of hybridity.
ISBN: 81-7551-184-2 Rs. 500
Divergent Trends in Indian Fiction in English

K.K. Khurana
The post-Independence era has witnessed the emergence of a large number of great novelists
like Salman Rushdie, Rohinton Mistry and Arundhati Roy. Their novels reveal divergent
trends; they deal with complex themes related to gender, caste, colour, diaspora, feminism and
same-sex relationship.
ISBN: 81-7551-180-X Rs. 500
August Strindberg’s Miss Julie: A Study

Nandita Sinha
August Strindberg (1849-1912) ranks as one of the great masters of modern European drama
and a major influence on many innovative writers of the twentieth century. Miss Julie (1888)
belongs to Strindberg’s naturalistic period in which his own violent conflicts and anxieties
about class and sexual relationships are given powerful dramatic expression.
ISBN: 81-7851-026-X Rs. 500
The Poetry of Philip Larkin

K. Rajamouly
Philip Larkin is one of the leading post-War British poets. His poetry focuses on time in which
the entire human world is caught up. Time has disruptive nature and destructive power to cor-
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rode our desires and turn life futile and mortal. In the journey of time, love often becomes a
failure and life leads to inevitable death. Larkin extensively deals with love, marriage, life and
death, themes which have great human significance and universal appeal.
ISBN: 81-7551-187-7 Rs. 500
Australian Aboriginal Women’s Autobiographies

K. Suneetha Rani
Australian Aboriginal women’s autobiographies function as vehicles to convey the writers’
protest against colonisation and oppression. They deconstruct the history and Aboriginal iden-
tity created by the colonisers and come up with alternative histories in the form of autobiogra-
phies thus writing not only their stories but also the life stories of people like them.
ISBN: 81-7551-179-6 Rs. 500
Raja Rao’s Kanthapura: A Critical Study

Suman Bala and Ranu Uniyal, ed.
Raja Rao, a pioneer of Indian English fiction, published his classic novel Kanthapura in the
1930s. This socio-political novel since then, has been a front-ranking favourite of the readers.
This volume provides a most comprehensive study of the novel, offering new interpretations
and foresights.
ISBN: 81-7851-027-8 Rs. 500
The Novels of Ngugi wa Thiong’o: A Study in the Theme of Exploitation

P. Padma
Ngugi .
ISBN: 81-7551-186-9 Rs. 400
Bharati Mukherjee’s Fiction

Vandana Singh
Bharati Mukherjee.
ISBN: 81-7551-190-7 Rs. 500
Representations of India in British Writing 1757-1857

Sindhu Menon
ISBN: 81-7551-189-3 Rs. 500
Forthcoming Publications
Bernard Malamud
S. S. Gill
Contemporary Postcolonial and Post-imperial Literatures

Nilufer Bharucha, ed.
Rabindranath Tagore’s Muktadhara: A Critical Study

Beena Agarwal
Kalidasa’s Shakuntala: A Critical Study

Sangeeta Das
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Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things: A Critical Study

Satish Barbuddhe
Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence: A Critical Study

Vandana Dutta
R.K. Narayan: A Centennial Tribute

Suman Bala, ed.
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: A Critical Study

Pratibha Mukherjee Sahukar
Wounded Past: A Study of the Partition Literature (3-vol. set)

Neena Arora and R.K. Dhawan, ed.
Indian Literature in English: New Insights

Pramod Nayar
Gandhi and Indian Fiction

Suman Bala
Dalit Literature
D. Savio and R.K. Dhawan, ed.
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Indian English Literature Parsee Novel

Theme of Protest in Indian Fiction Discussing Indian Women Writers

History and Fiction: Major Indian Novelists

Comparative Perspectives on India and elsewhere in the 1990s. The rich-

Man-Woman Relationship in techniques of the Indian novel of the 1980s

universal resonance in her immigrant identity Women in the Novels of

Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy: The Short Stories of Manjeri Isvaran

Feminism and Sexual Poetics Neena Arora

The Feminine Voice in Indian Fiction Feminism & American Literature

Poetry and Drama The study makes an inquiry into Naipaul’s

Commentaries on The Novels of V.S. Naipaul:

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The Jew in Literature American novelist Hemingway. The novels

Goldsmith and Sentimental Comedy Romanticism: A Reconsideration

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American literature to world prominence. Subhash Chandra

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The East and the West meet at many points,

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Beyond the Tunnel: a novel The Encounter: a novel

Amrita Pritam: Life as Literature

Rohinton’s Mistry’s Such a Long Journey: A Critical Study

Rushdie, Kureishi, Syal: Essays in Diaspora

Divergent Trends in Indian Fiction in English

August Strindberg’s Miss Julie: A Study

The Poetry of Philip Larkin

Australian Aboriginal Women’s Autobiographies

Raja Rao’s Kanthapura: A Critical Study

The Novels of Ngugi wa Thiong’o: A Study in the Theme of Exploitation

Bharati Mukherjee’s Fiction

Representations of India in British Writing 1757-1857

Contemporary Postcolonial and Post-imperial Literatures

Rabindranath Tagore’s Muktadhara: A Critical Study

Kalidasa’s Shakuntala: A Critical Study

Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things: A Critical Study

Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence: A Critical Study

R.K. Narayan: A Centennial Tribute

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: A Critical Study

Wounded Past: A Study of the Partition Literature (3-vol. set)

Indian Literature in English: New Insights

Gandhi and Indian Fiction

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