Studies in Indian Women Writing in English

Contents: Preface. 1. Kamala Markandaya. 2. Chapter summaries of novel. 3. East west encounter. 4. Nayantara Sahgal. 5. Quest for self in Kamala Das’s poetry. 6. God of small things: Arundhati Roy’s depressing attitude. 7. Migration and return in Arundhati Roy’s: the God of Small Things. 8. Anita Desai. 9. Anita Desai’s Projection of Inner conflict. 10. Structure and theme in Anita Desai’s in custody. 11. Existentialism in Anita Desai’s : fire on the mountain. 12. Shashi Deshpande. 13. Iondianized English in Shashi Deshpande’s: that Long Silence. 14. A Study of Shashi Deshpande’s Heroines. Bibliography.

Studies in Indian women writing in English bears a distinct stamp from other books on this topic as it is mainly written for the students and teachers. The chapters in this book critically examine the different aspects and themes of the various works of established writers like, Anita Desai, Kamala Markandaya, Kamala Das, Shashi Deshpande, Arundhati Roy. This book is comparative and developmental study of the expression of feminist concerns in the novels of Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai, and Shashi Deshpande, among the best known and most prolific Indian novelists writing in English, who have been self-consciously engaged with women’s issues during the postcolonial era. A must read for scholars of English literature this is a huge resource for library.