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American literary studies in postmillennial India : critical perspectives / edited by Sharada Chigurupati and Nageswara Rao Konda.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--India--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Themes, motives.
- Indic literature--American influences.
- Indic literature.
- India.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 207 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- "American Literary Studies in Postmillennial India critically investigates multiple perspectives demonstrated by American poets, dramatists, and fiction writers. It discusses universal themes of racism, class, gender, and identity crisis and demonstrates how American letters influence the Indian intellectual scene and how it is interpreted in turn"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I A CONVERSATION ON AMERICAN AND INDIAN LITERATURE
- ch. One Inspiration from the Banks of the Indus River: A Conversation with Nibir K. Ghosh / Robin Lindley
- pt. II AMERICAN POETRY
- ch. Two Invoking the Goddesses Within: Women's Writing and Negotiations with Americanness / Swetha Antony
- ch. Three Exploring "the Only Real Elysium" through Transcendental Voyages by Thoreau and Tagore / Nishamani Kar
- ch. Four Seasons as Motifs in Louise Gluck's Poems / S. Shiva Shanker
- pt. III AMERICAN THEATER
- ch. Five Rape and Religion in the Psycho-traumatic Spaces of Adrienne Kennedy's Protagonists / Sarada Thallam
- ch. Six The Politics of AIDS and the Liberatory Millenarian Vision in Tony Kushner's Angels in America / Arnab Ray
- pt. IV AMERICAN FICTION
- ch. Seven Black Lives Matter: Relocating the Select Writings of Henry David Thoreau and Mark Twain / Mahjabeen Neshat Anjum
- ch. Eight Problem of Human Education in Invisible Man: A Gambit of Soft-slavery / Dharamdas M. Shende
- ch. Nine The Politics of Color: White Opacity and Toni Morrison / Shruti Das
- ch. Ten Liberation in "NR work" and Common Arts: An Eco-womanistic Study of The Color Purple / D. Jyothirmai
- ch. Eleven McMurphy and Chief Bromden as Forerunners of Counter Culture: A Study of Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest / M. Sangeetha Rao
- ch. Twelve Masks and Disguises: A Carnivalesque Study of Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theater / Rama N. H. Alapati
- pt. V AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
- ch. Thirteen Monstrous Discourses: Female Body Image and Gothic Subjectivity in Short Stories by Alice Walker, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Joyce Carol Oates / Nilanjana Ghosal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: American literary studies in postmillennial India
- ISBN:
- 9781666906257
- 1666906255
- OCLC:
- 1345242522
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