Download or read book The Fictional World of Manohar Malgonkar written by A. Padmanabhan and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2002 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manohar Malgonkar (1913 ) Is A Writer Who Has Not Yet Recieved Full Critical Attention As A Significant Indo-English Novelist. His Major Novels And Short Stories Taken Together Reveal Him As A Writer Keenly Interested In Indian Social Life.An Attempt Has Been Made In This Book To Probe Into The Treatment Of Human Relationships In Malgonkar S Fiction, And To Trace Out The Psychological And Sociological Factors That Form The Basis Of These Relationships. The Historical And Sociological Orientation Of Indo-English Fiction Makes Such A Study Relevant. It Takes A Glance At The World Of His Shorter Fiction Also.The Study, It Is Hoped, Will Be Of Interest To The Students Of Indo-English Fiction, To The Researchers, And To The Common Reader. Equally, It May Be Of Interest To The Students Of History And Sociology, And Even Of Psychology Because They Will Find Some Of The Movements And Theories, Which Are Exemplified In Terms Of The Novel, Discussed In The Study.

Download or read book Cactus Country written by Manohar Malgonkar and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aslam Chisti, a young Pakistani officer, is faced with a difficult choice war explodes, tearing apart his country.... As tanks and soldiers prowl through East Pakistan, which is fighting to emerge as a sovereign nation: Bangladesh, Chisti who has been posted to the war zone, is taken prisoner by Bangladeshi guerrillas. To further complicate matters, the young officer falls in love with the enemy-the beautiful daughter of a Bengali princess in whose mansion Chisti is placed under house arrest.... In this novel Manohar Malgonkar gives us an enthralling tale of love, valour, manhood and the brutalities of war.

Download or read book Multicultural and Marginalized Voices of Postcolonial Literature written by Varun Gulati and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and the word marginalization have never remained oxymoronic – the cross-cultural texts and Engels interest on subjugation make a perfect recipe for this incongruity. Multicultural and Marginalized Voices of Postcolonial Literature traces multifarious facets of marginalized literature across the world, giving a brilliant overview of the historical roots of multiculturalist and marginalized sections. The fourteen chapters relate key literary and cultural texts and cover a broad spectrum of historical, linguistic and theoretical issues. There are three sections in the book – section I has four chapters, dealing specifically theoretical constructions and representations. Section II consists of four chapters that offer varied spectrum of discourses on world literature, intersecting with the frameworks of literary theories. Section III comprises six chapters that explore the mind of dalits, subalterns, colonial women and gender issues of a variety of Indian English Writers and draw varied perspectives of it.

Download or read book South Asian Partition Fiction in English written by Rituparna Roy and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dit boek is een literaire studie naar Zuid-Aziatische Engelstalige fictie vanaf midden jaren vijftig tot de late jaren tachtig over de afscheiding van Pakistan en Bangladesh van India, oftewel de Partitie. Het is een fascinerend verhaal over het ontstaan van een nieuw literair genre. Romanschrijvers van verschillende generaties geven hun kijk op dit beslissende moment in de Zuid-Aziatische geschiedenis. In het begin beschreven zij de catastrofe, later werd er meer getheoretiseerd. Aan de hand van zes romans, van onder andere Salman Rushdie, laat Roy zien welke factoren bepalend zijn geweest voor de grote thema's en verhaallijnen in deze romans.

Download or read book The Fictional World of Ruskin Bond written by Amita Aggarwal and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin Bond, b. 1934, Indo-English litterateur.

Download or read book The Fiction of Bhabani Bhattacharya written by Kh. Kunjo Singh and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Provides A General Survey Of The Indo-Anglian Fiction And A Detailed Analysis Of The Prominent Political Fictions And The Fiction Of Bhabani Bhattacharya. Showing Bhattacharya S Position And Achievement In The Domain Of Indian Fiction, The Book Studies His Art Of Writing Novels For Political And Social Value.The Book Also Dwells On The Indo-Anglian Fiction Of Varied Themes Social, Political, Nationalistic, Diplomatic, Cultural, Etc., Of Pre-And Post-Independence Periods And Shows The Significant Place Of The Indian Political Novels And Those Of Bhabani Bhattacharya. The Indian Content Of These Political Novels Has Created A Context For The Study Of Bhattacharya S Novels.The Book Also Makes A Critique On Bhattacharya S Six Novels Depicting Contemporary Social, Political, Economic And Religious Realities Of India Before And After Independence. It Also Highlights His Plea For The Social And Moral Function Of Art And For Reality And Truth In Literature And Also His Defending Of The Use Of Contemporary Events As Worthy Subjects For Writing Novels.The Author Presents A Perspective On Bhattacharya As An Innovator And A Free User Of English Language In An Indianised Style. His Authentic Tone And Indianness Are Also Shown Through The Common Theme, Traditional Technique And Typical Indian Language Of His Novels.

Download or read book Mastery of Manohar Malgonkar as a Novelist written by Venkateswarlu Arumalla and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manohar Malgonkar, one of the leading Indian novelists in English, has been a prolific writer. Primarily hailed as a Maratha historian, he turned to fiction writing with a purpose-the purpose of pure entertainment. Yet his roots are in history and his fictional world traces the tensions of Indian political history. He wrote five English novels: Distant Drum (1960) Combat of Shadows (1962), The Princes (1963), A Bend in the Ganges (1964), and The Devil's Wind (1972). His works of history are Kanhoji Angrey (1959), Puars of Dewas Senior (1962), and Chhatrapatis of Kolhapur (1971). He wrote essays that were characterized by a stately prose style. He also wrote scripts for movies, short stories and many news paper articles. The present book makes an in-depth study of the theme, the plot, the characterization, the point of view, the technique and the language used in his five major novels.

Download or read book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English written by Manju Jaidka and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Indian writing in English is a fi eld of study that cannot be overlooked. Whereas at the turn of the 20th century, writers from India who chose to write in English were either unheeded or underrated, with time the literary world has been forced to recognize and accept their contribution to the corpus of world literatures in English. Showcasing the burgeoning field of Indian English writing, this encyclopedia documents the poets, novelists, essayists, and dramatists of Indian origin since the pre-independence era and their dedicated works. Written by internationally recognized scholars, this comprehensive reference book explores the history and development of Indian writers, their major contributions, and the critical reception accorded to them. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English will be a valuable resource to students, teachers, and academics navigating the vast area of contemporary world literature.

Download or read book Studies in Fiction written by S.D. Sharma and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies In Fiction Deals With George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Thomas Love Peacock, Anita Desai, Jerome David Salinger, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Trollope, W.M. Thackeray, George Eliot, Walker Percy And George Meredith In Addition To A Number Of Other Novelists. The Chapters Based On These Novelists Thoroughly And Conclusively Analyse And Summarise Only Those Aspects Which Form The Central Part Of The Modern Criticism. Novels Chosen For Discussion, Too, Are Those Which Usually Have A Scholarly Tradition Of Criticism. The Early As Well As The Late Victorian Fiction Has Been Re-Interpreted In The Light Of Uniformitarianism, Naturalism Newtorism And Darwinism.

Download or read book A Bend in the Ganges written by Manohar Malgonkar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Bend in the Ganges is one of the three best novels of 1964.' - E.M. Forster India, 1939. Gian, a Gandhian pacifist, commits a murder; Debi-dayal, an ardent revolutionary, is caught while setting fire to a British plane. Both men are sent to the Andamans penal colony. In the beehive life of the prison, they work in opposite camps-pro-British and anti-British. During World War II, when the Japanese take over the islands, all the convicts suddenly find themselves free. Gian and Debi manage to return to India only to get sucked into the violence of Partition. An epic saga of a nation in transition, A Bend in the Ganges, now available in a stunning new edition, depicts the cataclysmic events leading up to Partition and the conflict that arises between ideologies of violence and non-violence.

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Download or read book Indian English Literature written by Basavaraj S. Naikar and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Recent Years, The Indian English Literature Has Made Conspicuous Progress In All Its Forms, Mainly In Fiction And Poetry. The Present Anthology Aims At Presenting An In-Depth Study Of Nineteen Authors Who Are Both Established As Well As Upcoming Writers: Toru Dutt, Nissim Ezekiel, Jayanta Mahapatra, R.C. Shukla, Rajendra Singh, Mulk Raj Anand, Kamala Markandaya, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Shashi Tharoor, Shiv K. Kumar, Shobha De, Intizar Husain And Mahesh Dattani. Although The Present Anthology Contains Articles On Indian English Poetry, Fiction And Drama, But Fiction Enjoys A Prominent Place.Since Most Of The Authors Included In The Present Volume For Discussion Are Prescribed In The English Syllabus In The Various Indian Universities, It Is Hoped That Both The Teachers And Students Will Find The Book Extremely Useful. Even The General Readers Who Are Interested In Literature In English Will Find It Intellectually Stimulating.

Download or read book Primer of Greek Literature written by Sir Richard C. Jebb and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Primer Of Greek Literature, Originally Published In 1877, Is, Till Date, The Finest Introduction To The Literary World Of The Greeks. The Book Is Divided Into Three Parts: The Early Literature, The Attic Literature And The Literature Of The Decadence. Written By No Less A Scholar Than Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, O.M., The Greatest Greek Scholar Of His Time, The Book Offers, In A Very Lucid Style And Precise Manner, An Authentic Sketch Of Greek Literature. In The Words Of Sir Jebb The Book Is Written In Such A Way That It Should Be Useful, Not Only To Students Of Greek, But Also To Those Who Do Not Know Greek, And Who Will Never Read A Greek Book Except In A Translation. And So The Sketch Is Intended To Serve As A Framework Into Which Those Who Read Any Of The Greek Books, Whether In Original Or In English, May Fit What They Read. It Is A Highly Rewarding And Sustaining Experience To Enter The World Of Greek Literature With No Less A Guide Than Sir R.C. Jebb Who May Be Said To Hold The Greek Literature In The Palm Of His Hand. Students Of Ancient European Classics Will Find This Book Extremely Useful As An Introduction To The World Of Greek Literature, And Even The General Readers Who Are Interested In Greek Civilization And Culture Will Find This Book Quite Interesting.

Download or read book The Novels of Arun Joshi written by Shankar Kumar and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Book Is An Addition To The Study Of Arun Joshi S Novels In The Context Of The Theme Of The Crisis Of Identity In The Post-Modern World In The Wake Of Colonial Hangover, Economic Depression, Psychological Split-Up As Well As Existential Angst And Freedom Of Choice. The Major Characters In Joshi S Novels Find Themselves In A Predicament From Which They Find It Difficult To Get Disentangled. The One World Is Dead And The Other Powerless To Be Born. The Worldly Affluence Is Not Enough. The Escape From The Outer World To The Inner Keeps One Engaged. Bred On The Western Literary And Philosophical Obsession In Camus, Sartre, Malamud, And Other American Novelists, Joshi Finds It A Fashionable Craze To Write About The Crisis Of Identity Almost In The Same Vein In Which The Seventeenth Century English Authors Posed To Be Melancholy.

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Download or read book The Poetry of Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams written by Harihar Rath and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Fulfils The Difficult Task Of Quickening, And Elucidating, Fortifying And Enlarging The Poetry Of Two Important Poets Of Our Time: Robert Frost And William Carlos Williams. It Puts Their Creative Act Under Scrutiny By The Common Parameter Of A Critical Canon, Aiming To Place Them As Poets At A Vantage Point Where The Idea Of Man Speaking Out On Behalf Of Man Can Find Its True And Free Expression.Written In A Lucid Style, And With A Content That Remain A Landmark In American Studies By An Indian Academic, The Book Does Also Privilege A Deeper Understanding Of American Poetry In General While Problematizing Its Inherent Opposition Between The Egocentric As Against The Theocentric, Man Without History As Against History Without Man, The Antinomian As Against The Orthodox, Personality As Against Culture And The Adamic As Against The Mythic.

Download or read book A Companion to William Wordsworth written by Sunil Kumar Sarker and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is Perhaps The Most Comprehensive Book On Wordsworth, Having Discussions On Most Of The Different Dimensions Of The Poet As A Critic, A Poetic Theorist, A Great Lover Of Nature, A Humanist, And As A Philosopher. In This Book, Twelve Most Important Poems Of The Poet, His Five Lucy Poems And Also His Six Sonnets Have Been Thoroughly Discussed, And The Texts Of All The 23 Poems Have Been Given. In The Three Appendices, The Texts Of Wordsworth S Three Most Important Literary Essays Preface To Lyrical Ballads (1802), Appendix On Poetic Diction, And Essay Supplementary To The Preface Have Been Given For The Reader S Ready References. The Author Has Shunned All Pedantry Anywhere In The Book, His Primary Objective Being Introduction Of Wordsworth To The Generality Of Readers. References Have Always Been Cited Whenever Quotations From Critics Books Have Been Appropriated.Contents Vol. 1: Preface; Life And Works; Twelve Select Poems Of Wordsworth; The Five Lucy Poems Of Wordsworth; Six Select Sonnets Of Wordsworth; Wordsworth As A Romantic Poet; Wordsworth S Theory Of Poetry; Wordsworth As A Poet Of Nature.Contents Vol. 2: Wordsworth As A Poet Of Humanity; Wordsworth As A Philosophical Poet; Wordsworth S Style; Wordsworth As A Critic; Appreciation And Criticism Of Wordsworth; Residuary Discussions On Wordsworth; Wordsworth And Coleridge; The Prelude; The Excursion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.