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Marginalized: Indian Poetry in English
Series: - DQR Studies in Literature Online, Volume: 53
- DQR Studies in Literature, Volume: 53
Volume Editor:
Indian writing in English, especially fiction, continues to capture the attention of readers all over the English-speaking world. Conversely, the strong and flourishing tradition of poetry in English from India has not impacted the contemporary world in the same manner as the fiction. This book creates a debate to highlight the well-grounded and confident tradition of Indian Poetry in English which began almost two hundred years ago with the advent of the British.
Individual essays on poets before and since the Indian Independence focus on the poetry of Derozio, Tagore, Aurobindo and Naidu right down to the modern and contemporary poets like Ezekiel, Mahapatra, Ramanujan, Kolatkar, Das, Moraes, Daruwalla, de Souza, Jussawalla and Patel who ushered in a change both in terms of subject matter and style.
On either side of the Atlantic, this book which includes a substantial Introduction, Select Bibliography and Index is of value to scholars, teachers and researchers on Indian Poetry in English.
Individual essays on poets before and since the Indian Independence focus on the poetry of Derozio, Tagore, Aurobindo and Naidu right down to the modern and contemporary poets like Ezekiel, Mahapatra, Ramanujan, Kolatkar, Das, Moraes, Daruwalla, de Souza, Jussawalla and Patel who ushered in a change both in terms of subject matter and style.
On either side of the Atlantic, this book which includes a substantial Introduction, Select Bibliography and Index is of value to scholars, teachers and researchers on Indian Poetry in English.
”… such daring points made by the contributors of this anthology make this book stand out in its genre. Unlike a great many books of Indian scholarship this book is not merely a work of scissors and paste; the anthology turns out to be a book of real substance. […] Like most other pieces of this anthology this one becomes one of the best introductions to the poet under focus […] One of the reasons for the great success of this anthology is that it has some very experienced and creative contributors. The anthology picks up the class that these classy contributors possess. One of the reasons why the anthology will remain a favourite with researchers in this field is that they will need the exhaustive bibliography that is provided at the end of the book.” - Lakshmi Raj Sharma, Online Review, March 31, 2014
Acknowledgements
Smita Agarwal: Introduction: Subaltern Discourse?
Sheshalatha Reddy: Henry Derozio and the Romance of Rebellion
Sonjoy Dutta-Roy: The English Tagore: Restoring a Legacy
Goutam Ghosal: Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry: A Critical Study
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena: Prodigy, Poet and Freedom Fighter: Sarojini Naidu – Nightingale of India
Nilufer E. Bharucha: Recalling Nissim Ezekiel: A Poet of the Mind and Heart
Sachidananda Mohanty: The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra
Anjali Nerlekar: Converting Past Time into Present Space: A.K. Ramanujan’s Poetry
Vinay Dharwadker: Arun Kolatkar’s Historical Imagination
Anisur Rahman: Contextualizing Kamala Das
A.J. Thomas: Indian Poetry in English: Dom Moraes, Keki Daruwalla, Eunice de Souza, Adil Jussawalla, Gieve Patel
Tabish Khair: Language in Indian Poetry in English
Select Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Smita Agarwal: Introduction: Subaltern Discourse?
Sheshalatha Reddy: Henry Derozio and the Romance of Rebellion
Sonjoy Dutta-Roy: The English Tagore: Restoring a Legacy
Goutam Ghosal: Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry: A Critical Study
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena: Prodigy, Poet and Freedom Fighter: Sarojini Naidu – Nightingale of India
Nilufer E. Bharucha: Recalling Nissim Ezekiel: A Poet of the Mind and Heart
Sachidananda Mohanty: The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra
Anjali Nerlekar: Converting Past Time into Present Space: A.K. Ramanujan’s Poetry
Vinay Dharwadker: Arun Kolatkar’s Historical Imagination
Anisur Rahman: Contextualizing Kamala Das
A.J. Thomas: Indian Poetry in English: Dom Moraes, Keki Daruwalla, Eunice de Souza, Adil Jussawalla, Gieve Patel
Tabish Khair: Language in Indian Poetry in English
Select Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index