A History of Indian Literature in English

Edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

January, 2003
Cloth, 320 pages, 150 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12810-0
$94.00

"Mehrotra has put together an amazing volume . . . A rigorous book, with a brilliant introduction, this compendium joins K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar's legendary Indian Writing in English. Essential." — Choice

"[A] useful and detailed guide to a varied body of writing." — Times Literary Supplement

"[A] first truly comprehensive history of the extensive and now widely read and respected Indian literature in English. Undoubtedly of supreme importance for all hyperliterate Indians . . . Mehrotra's smart packaging of these literary-historical essays and his selection of widely scattered critics to write them, can be hailed as one unequivocally positive result of globalization." — John Oliver Perry, World Literature Today

Related Subjects

• Asian Literature

About the Author

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is a well-known poet, critic, and translator. He teaches English at the University of Allahabad. His books include The Transfiguring Places and The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati and he has edited the Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets.

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