Bruce King maps uncharted territory...provides ideas toward a poetics of Indian poetry in English analyses poets in dialectical sets summarizes poetic obsessions...King surveys judges informs and provokes.'' -- Peter Nazareth World Literature Today ''...a significant book...King provides us with a detailed history of publication of poetry in English in India. One aspect to admire...is King''s analysis of individual poems.'' -- Journal of Indian Writing in English ''When [the book] first appeared it almost became like a Bible on the subject the only worthwhile reference tool [to] dip into [for] trivia on poetry written in English by Indians.'' -- Biblio