The English Language Poetry of South Asians: A Critical Study - Softcover

Wong, Mitali Pati; Hassan, Syed Khwaja Moinul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786436220 ISBN 13: 9780786436224

Publisher: McFarland, 2013

Synopsis

In this study, ten independent critical essays and a coda explore the English-language poetry of South Asians in terms of time, place, themes and poetic methodologies. The transnational perspective taken establishes connections between colonial and postcolonial South Asian poetry in English as well as the poetry of the old and new diaspora and the Subcontinent. The poetry analysis covers the relevance of historical allusions as well as underlying concerns of gender, ethnicity and class. Comparisons are offered between poets of different places and time periods, yielding numerous sociopolitical paradigms that surface in the poetry.

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About the Author

Mitali Pati Wong is a professor of English at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She has published two books of literary criticism and several articles, and is the recipient of a two year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to work on South Asian literature.

The late Syed Khwaja Moinul Hassan was a professor of English at Claflin University. He had published several collections of poetry, several articles, and wrote a weekly column for a newspaper in Bangladesh.

Review

"The authors address the significance of historical allusions, gender, ethnicity, and class, and also offer comparisons between poets of different regions and times"--Reference & Research Book News.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0786436220
• ISBN 13: 9780786436224
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208