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" The story relates to the adventures of two academic professionals. One born and bread in arctic Finland, and other born and bread in tropical India. By accidents of karma in previous existence, they get glued up and buttered in New York. In their romantic dream of 'Wonder that was India, they return to his homeland to settle down in Bangalore. Their confrontation with contemporary Indian social reality results in conflict of sensibilities. They endure little ironies, agonies, and ecstasies. The narrative has literary flavor against the background of globalizing cultural mythologies, classical and modern, in three continents. The juxtaposing of myths, legends, symbols, and some 'sacred cows and bulls' in good natured humor, makes it a challeging reading."
Learn about the history and civilizations from ancient South Asia through the study of a variety of archaeological discoveries.
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Examines the role of plants in botanical mythology, from Aboriginal Australia to Zoroastrian Persia. Plants have a remarkable mythology dating back thousands of years. From the ancient Greeks to contemporary Indigenous cultures, human beings have told colorful and enriching stories that have presented plants as sensitive, communicative, and intelligent. This book explores the myriad of plant tales from around the world and the groundbreaking ideas that underpin them. Amid the key themes of sentience and kinship, it connects the anemone to the meaning of human life, tree hugging to the sacred basil of India, and plant intelligence with the Finnish epic The Kalevala. Bringing together commenta...
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In the twentieth century more people spoke English and more people wrote poetry than in the whole of previous history, and this Companion strives to make sense of this crowded poetical era. The original contributions by leading international scholars and practising poets were written as the contributors adjusted to the idea that the possibilities of twentieth-century poetry were exhausted and finite. However, the volume also looks forward to the poetry and readings that the new century will bring. The Companion embraces the extraordinary development of poetry over the century in twenty English-speaking countries; a century which began with a bipolar transatlantic connection in modernism and ...
Provides up-to-date profiles on the careers of leading and emerging poets.
Indian English Literature In Its Very Tone And Tenor Presents A Unique Blend Of Tradition And Experiment In Both Its Matter And Manner. The Present-Day Indian English Literatteur Is Firmly Grounded In A Philosophico-Cultural Sensibility Tracing Its Uninterrupted Links With The Very Dawn Of Civilisation In This Part Of The World. And Yet The Product Is Not An Aberration In Any Way In The Modern Context. This Imbues Indian Writings In English With A Distinctive Aesthetic Flavour, To The Connoisseurs' Obvious Delight.The Present Volume Incorporates The Painstaking Application Of Diverse Critical Methodologies To Analyse Indian English Literature Poetry, Drama, Novels And Prose From This Broad P...