American Literary Studies in Postmillennial India
Critical Perspectives
American Literary Studies in Postmillennial India
Critical Perspectives
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American Literary Studies in Postmillennial India: Critical Perspectives is a collection of critical essays on Contemporary American Literature. This book is a classic and unique collection of critical essays on various topics such as Americanness, American Dream, Transcendentalism, Counterculture, Gay culture, Post Communism, Race, Class, Gender in American Literature, African American literature, Jewish American literature, and comparative study between Indian and American Literature. The essays cut across the various genres of poetry, theatre, fiction and short stories. This book is the first of its kind, as all the collection of essays have been written by eminent professors across India, Fulbright Fellows, and serious research scholars of high repute who have contributed remarkably to American Studies both in India and across the globe.
Table of Contents
Part One: A Conversation on American and Indian Literature
Chapter One: Inspiration from the Banks of the Indus River: A Conversation with Nibir K. Ghosh, Robin Lindley
Part Two: American Poetry
Chapter Two: Invoking the Goddesses Within: Women's Writing and Negotiations with Americanness, Sweta Antony
Chapter Three: Exploring 'the only real elysium'* through Transcendental Voyages by Thoreau and Tagore, Nishamani Kar
Chapter Four: Seasons as Motifs in Louis Gluck Poetry, A. Karunaker and S. Shiv Shankar
Part Three: American Theatre
Chapter Five: Rape and Religion in the Psycho Traumatic Spaces of Adrienne Kennedy's Protagonists, Sarada Thallam
Chapter Six: The Politics of AIDS and the Liberatory Millenarian Vision in Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Arnab Ray
Part Four: American Fiction
Chapter Seven: Black Lives Matter: Relocating the select writings of Henry David Thoreau and Mark Twain, Mahjabeen Neshat Anjum
Chapter Eight: Problem of Human Education in Invisible Man: A Gambi
Product details
| Published | Jan 06 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 216 |
| ISBN | 9781666906257 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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