{"product_id":"essays-on-indian-writing-in-english-twice-born-or-cosmopolitan-literature","title":"Essays on Indian Writing in English: Twice-Born or Cosmopolitan Literature?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Dieter Riemenschneider\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9788131608142\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 199\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8.7 x 5.7 x 1.0 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a collection of fifteen essays on Indian fiction writing and poetry in English by Dieter Riemenschneider, reflecting his long-standing commitment to understanding Indian literary culture. The essays, written over half a century, trace Riemenschneider’s growing familiarity with Indian English writing, shedding light on its thematic, formal, and stylistic shifts, as well as its evolution in scope and quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book engages with the critical literary debate surrounding the pros and cons of Indians writing in English, as well as the controversial issue of ‘Indianness’ in Indian literature. The essays offer insight into the works of renowned authors such as Mulk Raj Anand, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy, and R.K. Narayan, addressing the changing dynamics in the literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplementing the essays are photographs, many of which were taken by the author, and a select bibliography of his publications, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of one of South Asia’s most vibrant literary traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Critics of Indo-English Novelists\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meenakshi Mukherjee and M.K. Naik\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuman Labour and Alienation\u003c\/strong\u003e – Mulk Raj Anand’s Novels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe New Poets Manifesto\u003c\/strong\u003e – P. Lal and Contemporary Indian English Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory and the Individual\u003c\/strong\u003e – Salman Rushdie’s \u003cem\u003eMidnight’s Children\u003c\/em\u003e and Anita Desai’s \u003cem\u003eClear Light of Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndian Women Writing in English\u003c\/strong\u003e – A Brief Look at Short Stories of the 1970s and Early 1980s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarginalizing the Centre — Centring the Periphery\u003c\/strong\u003e – The Critical Debate on ‘Indian’ Literature in English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘In the Days When the Love Laws Were Made’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Arundhati Roy’s \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobal Fantasy — Glocal Imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e – The New Literatures in English and their Fantastic Imaginations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrossing National Borders\u003c\/strong\u003e – The Indian English Novel since the 1990s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNature and Landscape\u003c\/strong\u003e – An Evolutionary Psychological Analysis of Raja Rao’s Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘The Train Has Moved On’\u003c\/strong\u003e – R.K. Narayan’s \u003cem\u003eThe Guide\u003c\/em\u003e and Literary History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlocality and its (Dis)contents\u003c\/strong\u003e – The Future of English Language Literatures Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Persistence and Creation of Internal Borders\u003c\/strong\u003e – India in Aotearoa New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslating Cultures\u003c\/strong\u003e – Pictorial and Literary Representations of India in William Hodges’s Paintings and Travel Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRetrieving Human Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e – Indra Sinha’s Novel \u003cem\u003eAnimal’s People\u003c\/em\u003e and Critical Cosmopolitanism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDieter Riemenschneider is a distinguished scholar who taught German at Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Delhi University (1963–66) and New English Literatures at Frankfurt University (1971–99). His work includes more than 100 publications on Indian English writing. He is well-known for his Ph.D. on \u003cem\u003eThe Modern Indian Novel in English\u003c\/em\u003e (Darmstadt, 1974) and his extensive research on Indian literature, with contributions to various international journals and books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiemenschneider has lectured at universities across India, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Madras, and Bombay, and held visiting fellowships at institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. After more than two dozen visits to India since 1971, he now resides in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, with his wife, New Zealand-born poet Jan Kemp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rawat Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50018533998896,"sku":"DRG.RawatPublications_9788131608142","price":647.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71AXpw-NkwL.jpg?v=1756393001","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/essays-on-indian-writing-in-english-twice-born-or-cosmopolitan-literature","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}