Ecocritical Representation of Literature: An Indian Perspective

The book “Ecocritical Representation of Literature: An Indian Perspective” is a collection of critical essays, which unfolds a new direction for the analytic and independent thinking in the field of literature and nature study. Human being and nature are two inseparable entities since time immemorial. Portraying this mutual relationship becomes the central theme in various fields of literature and humanities.  This book aims to illustrate the complex and multidimensional relationship between nature and human beings – how nature is utilized in the hands of men, how nature becomes a destiny and source of livelihood for the common people and reflects how ecological balance plays a central and decisive role in shaping human identity.