TRENDS IN COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE BY DR. A.K. ANUJ (HARDCOVER)

Trends in Commonwealth Literature is perhaps the firstcomprehensive survey of literature of the multicultural grouping ofpeople and societies. Besides chapters on individual writers suchas Nadine Gardimar, Wilson Harris, R.K. Narayan, Patrick White.Salman Rusdies Henry James, Edith Wharton, James Dickey, ToniMorrison, Chinua Achebe, Wok Soyinka, W.H. Auden, Graham Green,T.S. Eliot, E.F. Forster, Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Premachand,V.S. Naipul, Mulk Raj Anand, Ved Mehta, Octavio Paz etc there arechapters on literary development in the countries comprising theCommonwealth. This work makes a significant contributions towardsinterpreting the Commonwealth, through its vast store house ofliterature. About the Author Dr. A.K. Anuj , H.O.D. Deptt of English, I.P. College,Delhi. He has done his higher studies from Delhi University inIndian English and Commonwealth Literature. Earlier he was theLecturer in English in Bardhwan. He has written four books onIndian English which are prescribed in different IndianUniversities. Table of Contents Introduction Colonial Conflict in Things Fall Apart Compromise with Conscience in no Longer at East Religious Conflict in Arrow of God A Man of the People as Political Satire A Grain of Wheat: A Novel of Colonial Encounter The Conflict Between Christianity and Gikuyu Culture in The Rive Between Petals of Blood: An-Epic of Anti-Colonialism God of Small Things: Arundhati Roy's Depressing Attitude The English and Literary Quest in the Commonwealth of Nations Characteristics of Canadian Literature The Literature of Australia The Literature of New Zealand Avant-garde in Girish Karnad's Writings Anita Desai's Projection of Inner Conflict Shashi Deshpande's Women Sensitivity Themes in Joyce Cary The Trauma of Partition in Azadi