Critical Essays on Canadian Literature, , K Balachandran, Sarup & Sons, 817625374X

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Critical Essays on Canadian Literature

K Balachandran (Editor)

Synopsis Critical Essays on Canadian Literature is humble attempt to present Indian critical responses to Canadian Poetry, Fiction, Short story and Drama. The Contributors are from various Universities. They have enriched this book with their research findings. Canadian Poets like Dorothy Livesay, A.J.M. Smith, Uma Parameswaran and Himani Bannerji have been taken for analysis by five Canadianists. Canadian Novelists like Margaret Atwood, Rohinton Mistry Michael Ondaatje, J.C. Armstrong, Ruby Slipperjack and Beth Brant have been researched by five Canadianists. Recent trends in Canadian Studies is also dealt with. Canadian short story writer Alice Munro is compared with a Tamil writer Ambai. Short Story Criticism has also been dealth with Canadian Dramatists like Davin, Uma Parameswaran, George Ryga, Robertson Davies, and Tomson Highway are taken for research by eight Canadianists. The twenty-one critical essays highlight different aspects of Canadian living in a simple and understandable style which is a boon to the student, researchers and teachers of Canadian Literature.

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About the author

K Balachandran

Dr. K. Balachandran (b. 1951) Prof., Dept. Of English, Anamalai University, Anamalai Nagar- 608 002 (Tamilnadu), a bilingual writer has published a number of poems, research articles and reviews in India and abroad. His first book was in Tamil Annai Oru Agal Vilakku (1974). His poetry anthology For a Future & Heart's Chair (1988, 1995) IN THE WORDS OF THE LATE Sri K.R. Srinivasa Iyenger, œreveal a lively sensibility and fair command over the so called alien language. Edited the poems of an American Poetess, Dr. Rosemary C. Wilkinson in Longing for You (1988), Translated Dr. Narendrapal Singhâ€™s award winning Punjabi novel Ba Mulahiza Hoshiar from English to Tamil, Oru Puthiya Kathai (1995) PUBLISHED BY Sahitya Akademi. National Book Trust published his Tamil translation of Ruskin Bond's novel The Adventures of Rusty as Rushthiyin Veera Theerangal (1995). He edited Essays on Conadian Literature (2001), publilshed by Prakash Book Depot, Bareilly. A Gold Medallist from Annamalai University, he was awarded Special Prize in the Studentsâ€™ One Act Play writing competition in Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi (1974). Received International Poet of Merit Award, Washington DC (1995), Michael Madhusudan Academy Award Calcutta (1997) for his poetry Anthology. His interests are: Indian Writing in English, American Literature, Canadian Literature, British Literature, Commonwealth Literature, Translation and Criticism.

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