South Asian Literature in English

The First Reference Of Its Kind This Encyclopedia Covers Topics Related To Literature Written In English By Authors Who Were Either Born In South Asia Or Who Identify Themselves With That Region. The Volume Focuses On Writers From India Pakistan Bangladesh And Sri Lanka. Included Are Several Hundred Alphabetically Arranged Entries On Novelists Novels And Cinematic Adaptations As Well As Poets Dramatists Autobiographers Short Story Writers Theoreticians Critical Terms Themes Genres Literary Movements And Key Historical Events. Entries Are Written By Expert Contributors And Suggest Works For Further Reading.. South Asian Writing In English Has Recently Received Unprecedented Critical And Popular Attention. The Publication Of Salman Rushdie''S Seminal Novel Midnight''S Children (1981) And The Popularity Of His Later Works Michael Ondaatje''S Booker Prize For The English Patient In 1992 And V. S. Naipaul''S Nobel Prize In Literature In 2003 Are Just A Few Of The Highlights That Mark The Significance Of South Asian Writing In English. The First Reference Of Its Kind This Encyclopedia Covers Topics Related To Literature Written In English By Authors Who Were Either Born In South Asia Or Who Identify Themselves With That Region.. The Volume Focuses On Writers From India Pakistan Bangladesh And Sri Lanka. Included Are Several Hundred Alphabetically Arranged Entries On Novelists Novels And Cinematic Adaptations As Well As Poets Dramatists Autobiographers Short Story Writers Theoreticians Critical Terms Themes Genres Literary Movements And Key Historical Events. Entries Are Written By Expert Contributors And Suggest Works For Further Reading. The Encyclopedia Includes A Chronology And Closes With A Selected General Bibliography Of Anthologies And Critical Studies. Given The Enormous Popularity Of South Asian Literature In English This Reference Is Essential For All Libraries.