Comparative English Literature

Comparative English Literature, Beginning With A Wide-Ranging Discussion Of The Theoretical Dimensions Of The Comparative Study Of Literature, Its Limits And Prospects, Includes A Host Of In-Depth Scholarly Articles Incorporating Inter-Genre, Inter-Authorial, And Inter-Textual Studies From The Perspective Of Comparative Studies Which Constitute An Innovative Strategy To Access Recesses Of Texts Hitherto Unexplored. The Perspective Here Is Taken From Other Texts, Facilitating A Fuller Appreciation Of The Texts Involved And The Artistic Intent Of The Authors. The Authors/Texts Covered In This Anthology Include Shakespeare And Kalidas; Wordsworth And Yeats; T.S. Eliot And The Gita; John Steinbeck And The Bible; Harold Pinter And Samuel Beckett, Sylvia Fraser, Susanna Moodie, And Yasmine Gooneratne; Margaret Atwood And Gita Mehta; Margaret Laurence And Bharati Mukherjee; Jawaharlal Nehru And Nirad C. Chaudhary; And Shobha De And Balwant Gargi. Also, It Includes Intra-Authorial Studies Of The Poems Of Tagore And The Novels Of Santha Rama Rau And An Inter-Genre Appraisal Of Fiction And Film. It Gives An Invaluable Exposure To The Theory As Well As Practice Of Comparative Study Of English Literature.