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South asian literature in english : an encyclopedia

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London Greenwood Publishing Group 2004Description: xxxi, 360pISBN:
  • 0313327009
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.995403 So87
Summary: The first reference of its kind, this encyclopedia covers topics related to literature written in english by authors who were either born in south asia or who identify themselves with that region. The volume focuses on writers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries on novelists, novels, and cinematic adaptations, as well as poets, dramatists, autobiographers, short story writers, theoreticians, critical terms, themes, genres, literary movements, and key historical events. Entries are written by expert contributors and suggest works for further reading. South asian writing in english has recently received unprecedented critical and popular attention. The publication of Salman Rushdie's seminal novel midnight's children (1981) and the popularity of his later works, Michael Ondaatje's booker prize for the english patient in 1992, and V. S. Naipaul's nobel prize in literature in 2003 are just a few of the highlights that mark the significance of south asian writing in english. The first reference of its kind, this encyclopedia covers topics related to literature written in english by authors who were either born in south asia or who identify themselves with that region. The volume focuses on writers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries on novelists, novels, and cinematic adaptations, as well as poets, dramatists, autobiographers, short story writers, theoreticians, critical terms, themes, genres, literary movements, and key historical events. Entries are written by expert contributors and suggest works for further reading. The encyclopedia includes a chronology and closes with a selected, general bibliography of anthologies and critical studies. Given the enormous popularity of south asian literature in english, this reference is essential for all libraries.
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The first reference of its kind, this encyclopedia covers topics related to literature written in english by authors who were either born in south asia or who identify themselves with that region. The volume focuses on writers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries on novelists, novels, and cinematic adaptations, as well as poets, dramatists, autobiographers, short story writers, theoreticians, critical terms, themes, genres, literary movements, and key historical events. Entries are written by expert contributors and suggest works for further reading. South asian writing in english has recently received unprecedented critical and popular attention. The publication of Salman Rushdie's seminal novel midnight's children (1981) and the popularity of his later works, Michael Ondaatje's booker prize for the english patient in 1992, and V. S. Naipaul's nobel prize in literature in 2003 are just a few of the highlights that mark the significance of south asian writing in english. The first reference of its kind, this encyclopedia covers topics related to literature written in english by authors who were either born in south asia or who identify themselves with that region. The volume focuses on writers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries on novelists, novels, and cinematic adaptations, as well as poets, dramatists, autobiographers, short story writers, theoreticians, critical terms, themes, genres, literary movements, and key historical events. Entries are written by expert contributors and suggest works for further reading. The encyclopedia includes a chronology and closes with a selected, general bibliography of anthologies and critical studies. Given the enormous popularity of south asian literature in english, this reference is essential for all libraries.

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