South Asian Gothic consists of chapters representing the diversity of the region, and a number of ways in which Gothic manifests in contemporary South Asian cultures.
NOVEL IN INDIA: its birth and development
First published in 1970, The Novel in India traces the birth and development of prose fiction in Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. It is addressed not only to academic students of Asian culture but to all who are interested in literary history. India and Pakist…
The Novel in India: its birth and development
The Novel in India: its birth and development
Indian genre fiction: pasts and future histories
Indian genre fiction: pasts and future histories
This volume maps the breadth and domain of genre literature in India across seven languages (Tamil, Urdu, Bangla, Hindi, Odia, Marathi and English) and nine genres for the first time. Over the last few decades, detective/crime fiction and especially science fiction/fantasy have …
Indian popular fiction: redefining the canon
This anthologyexplores and validate the nuances of Indian popular fiction which has hitherto been hounded by its ubiquitous 'commerical' success. It uncoverspopular in its socio-political and cultural contexts. Furthermore, it investigates the vitality embedded in theory and pra…
Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel tests the theories of ecofeminism against the background of India's often different perceptions of environmental problems, challenging the hegemony of Western culture in thinking about human problems. This book moves beyond a simple application o…