History of Indian Poetry in English (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A History of Indian Poetry in English explores the genealogy of Anglophone verse in India from its nineteenth-century origins to the present day. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the legacy of English in Indian poetry. Organized thematically, these essays survey the multilayered verse of such diverse poets as Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Rabindranath Tagore, Nissim Ezekiel, Dom Moraes, Kamala Das, and Melanie Silgardo. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of imperialism and diaspora in Indian poetry. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of Indian poetry in English and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316481981
• Artikelnr.: 44908114

Inhaltsangabe

1. The first Indian poet in English: Henry Louis Vivian Derozio Manu
Samriti Chander; 2. English poetry in India: the early years Suvir Kaul;
3. From Albion's exile to India's prodigal son: the English poetry of
Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-73) Alexander Riddiford; 4. Transforming
late Romanticism, transforming home: women poets in colonial India Mary
Ellis Gibson; 5. The locations and dislocations of Toru and Aru Dutt Tricia
Lootens; 6. Poetry of the everyday: comic verse in the nineteenth century
Maire ni Fhlathuin; 7. Toru Dutt and 'An Eurasian Poet' Arvind Krishna
Mehrotra; 8. Rabindranath translated to Tagore: Gitanjali Song Offerings
(1912) Rosinka Chaudhuri; 9. Literary editors and the periodical press:
John Grant and David Lester Richardson (the India Gazette and the Calcutta
Literary Gazette) in Calcutta, 1820-40 Dan White; 10. The writer's
workshop, Calcutta, 1958 onward Ananda Lal; 11. Mumbai's own poets'
collective: clearing house Jerry Pinto; 12. Little magazines, bilingualism,
and the culture of poetry: Bombay, 1950 onward Antjali Nerlekar; 13.
Ezekiel: poet of a minor tradition Amit Chaudhuri; 14. Dom Moraes: a poet's
progress Jeet Thayil; 15. Interpretive testimony: Kamala Das and Eunice de
Souza R. Raj Rao; 16. Adil Jussawala and the double edge of poetry Laetitia
Zechhini; 17. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and the interplay of languages Peter
McDonald; 18. Arun Kolatkar: a singular poetry in two languages Rajeev
Patke; 19. Imagery and imagination in the poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra Ashok
Bery; 20. Modernisms and modernity: Keki Daruwala and Gieve Patel Graziano
Kratli; 21. The third generation: Manohar Shetty and Melanie Silgardo
Sharanya Murali; 22. 'My first, and only, sight': A. K. Ramanujan and the
five senses Nakul Krishna; 23. US based but India born: G. S. Sharat
Chandra and Vijay Seshadri Ravi Shankar; 24. First and foremost... a poet
in the English language: Agha Shahid Ali Hena Ahmad; 25. The languages of
diaspora: Meena Alexander, Sujata Bhatt Lopa Basu; 26. The poetry of my
contemporaries: contexts for an Indian English poet in the nineties Vivek
Narayanan; 27. Our speaking English voice: a voice that speaks for us?
Anjum Hasan.