Indian Women Writing in English: A Feminist Study

Details of the Book:

Book: Indian Women Writing in English: A Feminist Study

Author:Sunita Sinha

ISBN:978-81-269-2221-5

Binding:Hardcover

Publishing Date:2016

Publisher:Atlantic Publishers & Distributors [P] Ltd

Number of Pages:249

Price:895/=

About the Book:

Indian Women Writing in English is being recognized as a major contemporary current in English Literature.The image of woman in fiction has undergone a change during the last four decades.Women writers in postcolonial India have moved away from the traditional portrayals of enduring, self sacrificing women towards female characters searching for identity and have created a literature of their own,placing women in the context of the changing social scenario,specially concentrating upon the psyche of such women.The book,"Indian Woman Writing in English:A Critical Study" is a comprehensive literary study of Indian fiction in English,produced by Indian women writers. Each essay engages with significant questions relating to the society and the status of women in Indias literature and history.The book will undoubtedly prove valuable to the students, researchers and scholars of English Literature.