2011, ISBN: 9788175966277

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the… More...

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the best-known names in the genre. With the high visibility of Indian writing in English in academic, critical, pedagogic and reader circles, there is a perceivable demand for lucid yet rigorous introductions to several of its authors and genres. The CIWE texts cater to a wide audience – from the student seeking information and critical material on particular works to the general, informed reader who might want to know a little more about an author he/she has just finished reading. Cast in a user-friendly format and written with a high degree of critical and theoretical rigour, the texts in the series will provide astute, accessible, informed entry-points into a wide range of works and writers. CIWE, we hope, will further strengthen the interest in and readership of one of the most significant components of world literatures in English. Raja Rao, along with RK Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand, defined Indian writing in English in the early twentieth century. His works exhibit a deep engagement with psychology, mysticism, spiritualism and philosophy. His narratives become cultural as well as individual chronicles, and very often draw implicitly or explicitly upon various aspects – the freedom movement to Gandhi to myths – of an Indian ethos. Letizia Alterno’s detailed, incisive and eminently readable introduction is a rigourous examination of the diverse, and complex, Raja Rao canon, including some of his lesser known short-fiction. Contents Acknowledgements Series Editor’s Preface 1. Introduction 2. Raja Rao and his Fictional Characters 3. The Missing Mother in Rao’s Fiction 4. The Yearning for a Guru 5. Interminable Tales: The Short Stories 6. Meaningful Gurus: The Meaning of India and The Great Indian Way 7. Before and After the Guru: Two Early Works 8. Critical Unorthodoxy: Standpoints Topics for Discussion Bibliography and Webliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Printed Pages: 232., Cambridge University Press, 2011<

2011, ISBN: 9788175966277

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the… More...

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the best-known names in the genre. With the high visibility of Indian writing in English in academic, critical, pedagogic and reader circles, there is a perceivable demand for lucid yet rigorous introductions to several of its authors and genres. The CIWE texts cater to a wide audience – from the student seeking information and critical material on particular works to the general, informed reader who might want to know a little more about an author he/she has just finished reading. Cast in a user-friendly format and written with a high degree of critical and theoretical rigour, the texts in the series will provide astute, accessible, informed entry-points into a wide range of works and writers. CIWE, we hope, will further strengthen the interest in and readership of one of the most significant components of world literatures in English. Raja Rao, along with RK Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand, defined Indian writing in English in the early twentieth century. His works exhibit a deep engagement with psychology, mysticism, spiritualism and philosophy. His narratives become cultural as well as individual chronicles, and very often draw implicitly or explicitly upon various aspects – the freedom movement to Gandhi to myths – of an Indian ethos. Letizia Alterno’s detailed, incisive and eminently readable introduction is a rigourous examination of the diverse, and complex, Raja Rao canon, including some of his lesser known short-fiction. Contents Acknowledgements Series Editor’s Preface 1. Introduction 2. Raja Rao and his Fictional Characters 3. The Missing Mother in Rao’s Fiction 4. The Yearning for a Guru 5. Interminable Tales: The Short Stories 6. Meaningful Gurus: The Meaning of India and The Great Indian Way 7. Before and After the Guru: Two Early Works 8. Critical Unorthodoxy: Standpoints Topics for Discussion Bibliography and Webliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Printed Pages: 232., Cambridge University Press, 2011<

2011, ISBN: 9788175966277

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the… More...

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the best-known names in the genre. With the high visibility of Indian writing in English in academic, critical, pedagogic and reader circles, there is a perceivable demand for lucid yet rigorous introductions to several of its authors and genres. The CIWE texts cater to a wide audience from the student seeking information and critical material on particular works to the general, informed reader who might want to know a little more about an author he/she has just finished reading. Cast in a user-friendly format and written with a high degree of critical and theoretical rigour, the texts in the series will provide astute, accessible, informed entry-points into a wide range of works and writers. CIWE, we hope, will further strengthen the interest in and readership of one of the most significant components of world literatures in English. Raja Rao, along with RK Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand, defined Indian writing in English in the early twentieth century. His works exhibit a deep engagement with psychology, mysticism, spiritualism and philosophy. His narratives become cultural as well as individual chronicles, and very often draw implicitly or explicitly upon various aspects the freedom movement to Gandhi to myths of an Indian ethos. Letizia Alternos detailed, incisive and eminently readable introduction is a rigourous examination of the diverse, and complex, Raja Rao canon, including some of his lesser known short-fiction. Contents Acknowledgements Series Editors Preface 1. Introduction 2. Raja Rao and his Fictional Characters 3. The Missing Mother in Raos Fiction 4. The Yearning for a Guru 5. Interminable Tales: The Short Stories 6. Meaningful Gurus: The Meaning of India and The Great Indian Way 7. Before and After the Guru: Two Early Works 8. Critical Unorthodoxy: Standpoints Topics for Discussion Bibliography and Webliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Printed Pages: 232. NA, Cambridge University Press, 2011<

2011, ISBN: 9788175966277

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the… More...

Cambridge University Press, 2011. First edition. Softcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the best-known names in the genre. With the high visibility of Indian writing in English in academic, critical, pedagogic and reader circles, there is a perceivable demand for lucid yet rigorous introductions to several of its authors and genres. The CIWE texts cater to a wide audience from the student seeking information and critical material on particular works to the general, informed reader who might want to know a little more about an author he/she has just finished reading. Cast in a user-friendly format and written with a high degree of critical and theoretical rigour, the texts in the series will provide astute, accessible, informed entry-points into a wide range of works and writers. CIWE, we hope, will further strengthen the interest in and readership of one of the most significant components of world literatures in English. Raja Rao, along with RK Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand, defined Indian writing in English in the early twentieth century. His works exhibit a deep engagement with psychology, mysticism, spiritualism and philosophy. His narratives become cultural as well as individual chronicles, and very often draw implicitly or explicitly upon various aspects the freedom movement to Gandhi to myths of an Indian ethos. Letizia Alternos detailed, incisive and eminently readable introduction is a rigourous examination of the diverse, and complex, Raja Rao canon, including some of his lesser known short-fiction. Contents Acknowledgements Series Editors Preface 1. Introduction 2. Raja Rao and his Fictional Characters 3. The Missing Mother in Raos Fiction 4. The Yearning for a Guru 5. Interminable Tales: The Short Stories 6. Meaningful Gurus: The Meaning of India and The Great Indian Way 7. Before and After the Guru: Two Early Works 8. Critical Unorthodoxy: Standpoints Topics for Discussion Bibliography and Webliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Printed Pages: 232. NA, Cambridge University Press, 2011<