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ENG-02-16 Institute of Distance and Open Learning Gauhati University MA in English Semester 4 Paper 16 Contemporary Indian Writing in English-I Contents: Block 1: History of Indian English Literature Block 2: Poetry (1) Contributors: Block 1: History of Indian English Literature Units 1, 2 & 3 Saurabhi Sharma Research Scholar, Dept. of English Gauhati University Block 2: Poetry Units 1 & 3 Ranjita Choudhury Dept. of English Guwahati Commerce College. Unit 2 Dr. Runjun Devi Dept. of English Mangaldoi College, Mangaldoi Units 4 & 5 Kalpana Bora Research Scholar, Dept. of HSS, IIT Guwahati Editorial Team Dr. Kandarpa Das Director, IDOL, GU Dr. Uttara Debi Assistant Professor in English IDOL, GU Sanghamitra De Guest Faculty in English IDOL, GU Manab Medhi Guest Faculty in English IDOL, GU Cover Page Designing: Kaushik Sarma Graphic Designer CET, IITG February, 2012 © Copyright by IDOL, Gauhati University. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise. Published on behalf of Institute of Distance and Open Learning, Gauhati University by Dr. Kandarpa Das, Director, and printed at Maliyata Offset Press, Mirza-781125. Copies printed 1000. Acknowledgement The Institute of Distance and Open Learning, Gauhati University duly acknowledges the financial assistance from the Distance Education Council, IGNOU, New Delhi, for preparation of this material. (2) Contents Page No. Block 1: History of Indian English Literature Block Introduction 5 Unit 1: Beginnings 7 Unit 2: Early Twentieth Century 25 Unit 3: Post-Independence Period 49 Block 2: Poetry Block Introduction 75 Unit 1: Jayanta Mahapatra 79 Unit 2: Keki N Daruwalla 103 Unit 3: Kamala Das 127 Unit 4: Adil Jussawalla 149 Unit 5: Vikram Seth 167 (3) (4) Block 1: History of Indian English Literature Block Introduction This block brings to you the literary history of Indian literature in English.
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