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Amit Chaudhrui a young, delightful and brilliant contemporary writer has been acclaimed worldwide for his novels, A strange and Sublime Address, Afternoon Raag, Freedom Song and A New World besides his collectiono f short stories Real Time and an anthology of Indian writing The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature. A winner of coveted and prestigious awards like the first rpize in Betty Trask Award, Commonwealth Writers Prize and Encore Award, he is essentially a poet who is well grounded in the best literary traditions of both the East and the West. With his roots deep in Indian culture and literature, he could not be shaken by the west wind of postcoloniality and postmodernity and has been making a serious endeavour to explore in an alternative tradition in Indian writing in English. This first full length study of Amit chaudhuri novels offers a text based and as well as theory based comprehensive critical insight into them through various and even contarious strategies by some of the most celebrated academics and scholars.
About Author :
Sheobhushan Shukla former Prof. and Head of the Department of English, Allahabad University, is presently President of Indian Association for Studies in Contemporary Literature and World Association for studies in Literatures in English. Anu Shukla scholar and critic, got her D.Phil. from Allahabad University of Saul Bellow. At present she is senior lecturer in English at CMP College of Allahabad University, Allahabad.
Contents :
Prefce The Novels of Amit Chaudhuri Of that time of that place: Modernism and Indian English Fiction a Strange and Sublime Address The unfamiliar familiar in Fine patches of canvas and exquisite Chauduri raga in Afternoon Raag Impressionism and Freedom Song Such stuff as Amit Chaudhuri song is made on The new in a new world They also serve Amit Chaudhuri A master in Miniatures Aalap contributors Index