Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English, An [] [Jan 01, 2006] ARVIND KRISHNA C. MEHROTRA by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

This book is an illustrated history of two hundred years of indian literature in english it starts by looking at the introduction of english into indias complex language scenario around 1800 it then takes up the canonical poets, novelists, and dramatists, as well as unjustly forgotten figures, who have made significant contributions to indian literature in english it comprises twenty-four chapters, written by indias foremost scholars and critics each chapter is devoted either to a single author (kipling, tagore, sri aurobindo, rk narayan), or to a group of authors (the dutt family; diasporic writers), or to a genre (the novel; poetry; drama) this is a book for the non-specialist general reader biographical information on major literary figures is provided, and in most cases their work is historically contextualized a unique feature of the book is the illustrations they range from rare photographs and drawings to comic books and popular prints, and have been collected especially for thi