Indian Women Novelists In English

Indian Women Novelists in English edited by Jaydipsinh Kisabhai Dodiya is a unique collection of scholarly essays on prominent Indian women novelist writing in English. The novelists discussed in this anthology include Nayantara Sahgal, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Gita Mehta, Amrita Pritam, Dina Mehta, Arundhati Roy, Manju Kapur and Shobha De among others. The contributors to this book are an august group of academicians like S. Ramaswamy, Basavaraj Naikar, N.D.R. Chandra, Novy Kapadia, Harin Majithia, Nidhi Tiwari. K. Ratna Shiela Mani.
About Author :
Jaydipsinh Kisabhai Dodiya teaches at Smt. Surekhaben Hasmukhabhai Gardi Institute of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. He also taught English for eight years at Shardagram College, Mangrol where he got a unique opportunity to work under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Dipchandbhai Gardi, an eminenet educationalist, donor and philanthropist of international repute.
Contents :
Major Thematic Concerns in the Novels of Nayantara Sahgal Kamala Markandaya: A Tribute Kamala Markandaya: Her Themes and Art Language and Human Psyche in the Major Novels of Kamala Markandaya Contextualising the Nation in Anita Desai's Clear light of Day Irony in Anita Desai's In Custody Shashi Deshpande's Roots and Shadows: A Critical Study Chakravyuha: A Study of Shashi Deshpande's The Binding Vine Concept of Freedom in Shashi Deshpande's A Matter of Time Joys and Sorrows of Womanhood in The Binding Vine A Unique Insight into Colonial India: A Thematic Study of Gita Mehta's Raj Gita Mehta's A River Sutra and the Law of Karma Transmogrification of An Anti-hero into a Hero: A Psychoanalytic Study of Amrita Pritam's The Skelton Love and Politics in Dina Mehta's And Some Take a Lover Multiplicity of Feminie Gender Identity in The God of Small Things Fiction and Political Representation in The God of Small Things Socio-Political Concerns in Arundahti Roy's The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: A Novel of Psycho-Analytical Treatment A Study of Difficult Daughter and a Married Woman Literature and Popualr Fiction: Does Shobha De Demand A Second Thought? The Enigma of Feminine Existentialism is Shobha De's Snapshots The Concept of New Woman in Shobha De's Second Thoughts